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Go is a very opinionated language which is why I was so lucky for their opinion on this (and other things) to agree with mine.

And who can forget this abomination

while (x == y) { func1(); func2(); }

Allmans what I learnt then went to K&R on my own because it made more sense to me. I think GNU is fine I guess, not the others though. Not that what I say matters I've forgotten how to code and can barely do Hello World these days.

If prefer two spaces per indention instead of tabs, but otherwise I agree with the choice of style.

The eternal holy wars rage on

Why would a development environment show you code in a different style from what you like? It's a simple conversion.

Why would your IDE show you code in a language other than you prefer? It's just a conversion.

Even my web browser shows any text in languages I can read, but for some reason it doesn't let me edit a document through the translation.

On a serious note tho, I never understood the benefits of GNU's spaces after functions. I don't really mind most of the rest but I just don't get the benefits of 'funcname (arg)' vs. 'funcname(arg)'. Is there a specific reason for this? Personally, I find this to reduce readability because I have to think for a split second whether I'm looking at a variable or a function call.

Of cause this is also due to my habits, but I'm curious as to what the reasoning is.

Allman is a benign neurosis

That's why Python has a superior syntax. There is usually one obvious way to do it, and that's the right way.

I want a language that takes this and has a specification for the editor to prettify it

while x==y
     func1
     func2

This is the way

fixed?? 😳😳

Crockford gang approves.