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> It is likely not possible to convince a diverse group such as the group of GNU maintainers to agree on coding standards for C++ ...bluntly asking: why? (In a
by nnq 14y ago
> It is likely not possible to convince a diverse group such
as the group of GNU maintainers to agree on coding standards for C++
...bluntly asking: why? (In any closed-source C++ project, if someone writes a "style guide and coding standard" thing and the project manager supports it, people start writing "compliant" code, grunting or moaning at first but they do, and then it becomes part of "company culture" and people find it natural to write code by it - I believe with Google's C++ was like this too... why does it has to be harder for an open source project?)
- tomprince 14y agoThat was exactly the point being made. That things like coding standards often need somebody to make a decision and enforce it, and that RMS didn't do that.