Do we need coding conventions? | Java Deep

Do we need coding conventions? | Java Deep

There are things that just come natural and we forget to wonder if it could be some other way. It is like that the sun rise morning and sets evening. But scientists raise the question and even though the sun still rise in the morning and still sets evening we gathered a lot of knowledge about it. It is similar to every profession. We do thing, follow procedures and do not ask the question: why? Should we? In some cases we follow some procedure because that is the way we always did. We write program codes in lines, because that was the only way to record code in RPG  that was created for Hollerith cards . You do not even know what a Hollerith card is but you still write code lines in an editor and still many times the suggested maximal line length is 72 characters. Should we write code into 72 character length lines? No, obviously. Many times we do not. Modern editors and screens make it more feasible to have longer lines.

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