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From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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Subject: Re: AWS Coding Styles (and about boring plain-linear text files in
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:45:42 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 18, 12:54=A0am, Georg Bauhaus <rm-
host.bauh...@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
> On 1/18/11 9:06 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>
> > Adam Beneschan<a...@irvine.com> =A0writes:
>
> >> Then again, I've never had much use for style guides, especially when
> >> they're enforced.
>
> > I mostly find them useful to settle style arguments; "we do it this way
> > because we agreed to".
>
> If "we don't agree", a more flexible setting would be to
> have a computer adapt the display style of a free-format
> language program to each one's viewing preferences...

Good point.  This is the 21st century, technology has advanced to the
point where it shouldn't be difficult to do this.  Of course, maybe
that case should be made by someone who isn't using a 1970s editor and
sticking to a traditional line width based on punch cards. :) :)

                                  -- Adam