OT: on writing code

[Mikey]

> > int myVar = ++someOtherVar
>
> To be fair about this, there's really no reason to start off by placing
> this
> all in one line just because you can:
>

Believe it or  not, that example comes out of the Java tutorials (using
different field names to protect the innocent).

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