only recently started using less.js and thought nesting was helpful: i had a not-so-well organized css file, and systematic nesting quickly enforced a sensible

only recently started using less.js and thought nesting was helpful: i had a not-so-well organized css file, and systematic nesting quickly enforced a sensible grouping of statements. also, if you want to change an id attr in your html, say, being thorough about nesting ensures that you only have to change your styles in one place. that's a small win for maintainability? i agree that mixins are a much cooler feature of less/sass than nesting. it's not so much that avoiding nested structures is "a point of pride" in general-purpose programming languages (certainly not in lisp!) as it is that logical modularity makes stuff easier to read, maintain, and reuse. and as a practical matter, i can see how nested styles could make things difficult to read if there are too many levels of indentation.