Programming isn't just about giving instructions to a computer, it's an act of communication to anyone who will read your code down the road. Having a consisten

Programming isn't just about giving instructions to a computer, it's an act of communication to anyone who will read your code down the road. Having a consistent set of rules is an important part of that communication. Just as a style guide for a natural language can help readability, good conventions can make code more readable. Python goes as far as defining an official style guide (PEP-8)