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> Note that programs were usually typed on as few lines as possible, because they had to be punched to punched cards or typed in at a teletype which echoed its input on paper.<p>I suspect this is the real reason behind "cram all the closing parentheses together on the same line" rule.<p>The only rationale I've seen online is in Taylor Campbell's style guide:<p>> Absolutely do <i>not</i> place closing brackets on their own lines.<p>> ...<p>> Rationale: The parentheses grow lonely if their closing brackets are all kept separated and segregated.<p>Yeah, right.<p>Anybody know anything about how this rule came to be?
Previously...<p><i>LISPy things you can do in 64K bytes of core (2019)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44490099">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44490099</a> - July 2025 (4 comments)