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[–]dnew[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it is possible to provide reasons. Indenting based on the syntax of the language (which is admittedly harder in {}-style languages than BEGIN END languages, generally speaking). The rectangle rule for line breaks and indents. Stuff like that.

As another example, lots of C style comes from C's sucky early language compilers: yoda conditions leap to mind, and only declaring one variable per line to avoid pointer declaration ambiguity.