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Date:      Wed, 29 May 1996 08:42:02 -0700
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        "Chris J. Layne" <coredump@nervosa.com>
Cc:        Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Indentation styles 
Message-ID:  <199605291542.IAA07698@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Wed, 29 May 1996 04:17:32 -0700 (PDT) 
 "Chris J. Layne" <coredump@nervosa.com> wrote:

 > I would be against this sort of thing. Am the only one here who doesn't 
 > like their code being hammered into someone else's style?

If companies have coding style standards, why shouldn't a free OS project 
have the same?  NetBSD, from time to time, makes KNF'ing runs through the 
kernel.  It's a Good Thing, in the long run, to have the code look 
consistent.  /usr/share/misc/style is your friend.

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