[jjice]

Always interesting to see standards across different groups. The kernel is also very interesting, being very strict and having reasoning that not all may agree with, but has proved to work well.

I think C is a beast for standard in general due to it's rogue history. Now when a language like Rust or Go is created, standards are released with the code via formatting tools that enforce consistency (which I'm all for).

The amount of time I've seen C code with inconsistencies within a single file (naming, spacing, you name it) from fellow students back when I was in college was insane.

Enforced code style standards are great, even if I don't agree with them. Go's public vs private distinction is a good example. I really am not a huge fan of the pascal vs camel case to denote private and public (it's grown on me a bit, but still not a fan), but I know their code is going to be reasonable (in looks) because Go is very picky about how the code looks.