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Or C.: Recognizing and assuming conventional styles of programming. We are not computers that have to reparse a file again and again, instead we can remember patterns we are already familiar with. When someone uses a variable named "i", I'll assume it's a counter in C, until proven otherwise. Respecting style makes it easier for you and others to quickly gain an approximate understanding of what you are trying to do, defying usually looks like a infantile desire to be special.