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Re:Actual drawbacks to omitting semi-colons? by roryokane on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @12:27AM (#1762707)
The analogy falls apart where people like to look at their own coding styles, but nobody likes to look at their own asshole. So the rule is more like “nobody likes to look at assholes at all”, which is a pretty different situation from coding styles. That’s a relevant enough distinction that I would call Warmenhoven’s analogy a bad one, good for provoking a laugh but not for discussing coding styles.
Re:Actual drawbacks to omitting semi-colons? by nostrademons on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:03AM (#1762807)
Actually, I looked up Warmenhoven's quote on the net after posting, and the original was "nobody likes anyone else's". That eliminates that little semantic problem.