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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re:  questions from using lint
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Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 14:31:55 EDT
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> >More seriously, any grouping-by-indenting scheme should be studied carefully
> >for ways in which minor typos could seriously alter the meaning of the
> >program in non-obvious ways.
> 
> I agree, but: why should this be done for grouping by indentation, when it
> isn't done for any other language features?  (When was the last time you
> wrote "=" instead of "=="?)

Because it's the right thing to do, even if our predecessors didn't always
do it.  "Neglect of duty does not cease by repetition to be neglect of duty."
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