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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 26.02.2025 12:53, Ar Rakin wrote:
>
>> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Re "goofy style";  I've seen someone preferring
>>>
>>>   while (q(a,b))
>>>       {
>>>       a=b;
>>>       f(x);
>>>       if (c>d)
>>>           {
>>>           g(y);
>>>           }
>>>       }
>>>
>>> To each his own.
>>
>> That looks like a nightmare for the code reviewers.
>
> I cannot tell where that comes from;  the person who uses it is an
> experienced Perl programmer - may that be some convention in that
> specific language context?  (I can't tell.)

It's called Whitesmith (Whitesmiths?) style.  It is (or was?)
used in PJ Plauger's company, who IIANM among other things wrote
one of the first C compilers done outside of Bell Labs.

For those who don't recognize the name, PJ Plauger was involved
in C standardization efforts from an early date, and was a member
of WG14 for more than 20 years even after the first C standard
was published.