The computer ignores so-called "white space" except as the blanks, tabs, newlines, formfeeds, and comments separate tokens. As a consequence, only the rare coders - in fact, maybe only the elusive "code poets" - are fastidious about how they are visually presenting in their code. The rub is that the worst torture anyone can inflict upon a coder is making him or her read another coder's code. Such as during the the "code walk-throughs" which are part and parcel of the software development process performed at industrial scale. Enter the so-called "code stylist" - akin to the "food stylist"...
The computer ignores so-called "white space" except as the blanks, tabs, newlines, formfeeds, and comments separate tokens. As a consequence, only the...