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I have been coding for a long time and I believe more and more that you can put as much science in as you want. But in the end these things are highly subjectiv

• qayxc 6y ago
  > I wouldn't mind if languages left no freedom for formatting and enforced a style. People would get used to it and a lot of ultimately fruitless discussions wouldn't happen. That's exactly what enforced style guidelines are for. Most big software companies do exactly that. They define a set of rules and those are enforced using tooling (i.e. you cannot check-in and/or successfully build code that doesn't adhere to the guidelines). It's a pain sometimes (especially if line-length restrictions are enforced), but it frees your mind and that of the entire team from the fruitless discussions you mentioned.
• gherkinnn 6y ago
  > And in the end you can get used to almost anything once you have been doing it for a while. No. I never got used of line lengths above 80 chars. It hurts.
• TameAntelope 6y ago
  It's less about "one true way" and more about "pick a way and stick with it". Almost none of this matters until it's not consistent, then it makes everything harder.