Hmm - I think it is you who is getting carried away. In fact you were
wrong. Far from 50 there were barely 8 posts on the topic and most of
them were about the book referenced or other things not related to curly
braces.
I take your point that these things often devolve into religous battles
b
Why does every programming newsgroup, regardless of the supposed
topic of the group, periodically generate long discussions about curly brace
usage? These discussions are spam. They are never ending. They get people who
care about such things worked up into a lather of self-righteousness. I
