So much of computer conventions evolved for very good reasons because of physical limitations. When each line of code was it's own punch card having a { stand

So much of computer conventions evolved for very good reasons because of physical limitations. When each line of code was it's own punch card having a { stand alone on a line was somewhere between stupid and pointless. Also explains the reason why lisps were so hated for so long. By the same token today you can tell which projects use an IDE as the only way to code them because of the terrible documentation. It is after all not the end of the world to have to read a small function when you can just tab to see it. Which is true enough until you end up having those small functions calling other small functions and you're in a stack 30 deep trying to figure out where the option you passed at the top went.