[ThrowawayP]

> * I asked him, "If you're never allowed to use a text editor/IDE that highlights braces or the space between them ever again would you still prefer braces to indentation?"*

Being visually impaired and also having coded since before syntax-highlighting editors became standard, yes. A brace character is something that's easy to visually perceive; whitespace isn't.

[ApolloFortyNine]

Haven't indent guides been around since forever? And generally if you can't tell what indent it's wrong, it probably needs refactored anyways.

It's definitely an opinion your allowed to have, though not using the language over it would be rather draconian.