[prog] C and curly braces - question of style?

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 07:01, Jimen Ching wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Akkana Peck wrote:
> >I dislike code indented with tabs.  Why?  Because if I print it
> >on a printer, or view it in a normal terminal, tabs display as
> >eight spaces and the code becomes hard to read (and probably
> >doesn't fit in 80 columns any more, so the ends of lines either
> >wrap or disappear).
> 
> Are there a lot of people printing out source code?  I haven't printed
> source code for over 5 years.

> What do people do with hardcopy source code?

Make life a little easier for my eyes. If I have a really good screen,
like my trusty LCD, I can usually see just fine. If I'm working for a
company that buys cheap flickery CRTs, they end up spending money on
printouts.

My right eye is astigmatic, keratoconic and longsighted to the point
where even with a (hard!) contact lens, I can't read with it. I only
have one good eye, and it hates flicker while trying to read text. I
deal with it when I'm writing code, but when reviewing code it's much
easier to read a printout.



Jenn V.
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