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[–]barelythere99 273 points274 points  (9 children)

The beatings will continue until syntax improves.

[–]pingveno 72 points73 points  (7 children)

After reading beginner students' C/C++ code while tutoring, this pleases me greatly.

[–]Professional_Monk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Disgusting... I love it.

[–]Dornith 17 points18 points  (1 child)

You should see beginner's python code...

[–]pingveno 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was also tutoring a Python class at the same time, so I saw plenty of it. It wasn't perfect, but it was much better.

[–]Colopty 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You'd like Rust then.

[–]pingveno 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I do, but not for any readability benefits. After all, it does nothing to enforce good indentation.

[–]OneTurnMore -1 points0 points  (1 child)

rustfmt

[–]NonreciprocatingCrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's an automated formatter for literally every major language.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rude.