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Re:Programming Languages Have Social Mores Not Idioms on Sunday August 19, 2012 @03:49PM (#4404985)
not following the standard idiom of a particular programming language causes people to balk because it shows how unfamiliar the author is and how little code the author has read or been exposed to in that language. Its a huge sign that even though the author may be smart there probably beginner level bugs in the code.