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Re:Plan 9 Coding Conventions for C by loup-vaillant on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @10:48AM (#5751214)
Because if you do, the safety net will collapse your circus tent by their sheer weight.

The actual argument has been made in sibling comments: braces are verbose, and the mistake we speak of is exceedingly rare in practice. For simple one-liners, the verbosity costs more than the lack of safety net.

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