>Not everyone will use the same style and that is what makes things more interesting. The choice of how we get the job done is best left up to the programmer. However, I think there are few if any true absolute statements regarding coding style that can be stated about a program that works well. Either it works or it does not! Now that is an absolute that should be understood!

Absolutely not absolute. Is Windows a program that works well? Sure is. Does that mean that there's no place for discussion of the coding style (and design style, but that's not the subject this time)?

"It's all relative, my dear Albert" - mr Marich, Einstein's father-in-law.