TheElementsofJavaStyle

  THE SYNTAX OF A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE tells you what code it is possible to write—what the machine will understand. Style tells you what you ought to write— what the humans reading the code will understand. Code written with a consistent, simple style will be maintainable, robust, and contain fewer bugs. Code written with no regard to style will contain more bugs. It may simply be thrown away and rewritten rather than maintained.(var OF THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE tells A. you what code it is possible to write-what the ma chine will understand. Style tells you what you ought to write-what the humans reading the code will understand. Code written with a consisten t, simple style will be maintainable, and robust. and contain fewer bugs. Code written with no reg ard to style will contain more bugs. It may simpl y be thrown away and rewritten rather than maint ained.)