[tediousdemise]

To me, this is not a simple matter of preference like your choice of editor or the way you prefer to have it configured, to be used by you and you alone.

Software, especially open source software, is often collaborative. The programming language is a way of expressing yourself not only to your compiler, but also to other human beings.

Would you write a book today in Middle English, when the rest of the world is expecting modern English?