>My experience has been that "good" programmers follow the most prevalent conventions of the language so their code is easily parsed by other humans used to seeing it that way.
Agree. To take this a step further, I would say good programmers follow the style that exists in the codebase, if applicable, for consistency and therefore maintainability's sake.
It' doesn't necessarily mean they are a good programmer, but it means they are fairly meticulous, which can be a trait of a good programmer.
Agree. To take this a step further, I would say good programmers follow the style that exists in the codebase, if applicable, for consistency and therefore maintainability's sake.
It' doesn't necessarily mean they are a good programmer, but it means they are fairly meticulous, which can be a trait of a good programmer.