>Or, to venture outside of our yard, look at jslint.com, the javascript checker site. Just look at all the checkboxes - my bet is that each option there divides the populus into proponents and opponents of it, so even allowing for some grouping in there, there must be hundreds of schools (or plagues, prides, swarms or just plain herds) of thought. Just go ask them collectively what are best practices and start counting the dead and wounded.

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