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Egyptian code sucks because (a) it doesn't visually diagram variable scope the way the alternative does, and (b) because when things get hairy, the more complex a block is, the more confused the brackets and the programmer get. There have been many times I've fixed a bug just by new-lining Egyption brackets, instantly revealing that the original programmer wasn't in the part of the loop he thought he was.
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Stack Overflow – like most online communities I've studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It's primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sne...
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