> 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 wo

> 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.