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    your ideas, and the efficiency of execution. The role of style is
    the same as in literature. A great writer doesn't express himself by putting the spaces before his commas instead of after, or by putting extra spaces inside his parentheses.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996)
    0. [Many people think they have good reasons for doing things badly.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001)
    0. [I made JSLint in the hope of removing a little bit of stupidity from the world.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841)
    0. [The purpose of JSLint is not to make you feel good about inadequate coding
    standards.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1597)
    0. [You are presuming the whitespace at the end of a line is either trivial
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    0. [There are some situations that are difficult to distinguish mechanically, so I now consider all of those cases problematic, even when they are not obviously wrong.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529)
    0. [You should be coding for readability and error resistance.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479)
    0. [A great writer doesn't express himself by putting the spaces before his commas instead of after, or by putting extra spaces inside his parentheses.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996)
    0. [The place to express yourself in programming is in the quality of
    your ideas, and the efficiency of execution. The role of style is
    the same as in literature. A great writer doesn't express himself by putting the spaces before his commas instead of after, or by putting extra spaces inside his parentheses.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996)
    0. [Many people think they have good reasons for doing things badly.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001)
    0. [I made JSLint in the hope of removing a little bit of stupidity from the world.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841)
    0. [The purpose of JSLint is not to make you feel good about inadequate coding
    @@ -16,4 +18,4 @@ useful, so it warns on all cases.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com
    0. [With respect to spaces at the end of lines: From a code hygiene perspective, there is no good argument for keeping them. If you are arguing that there is no one in your organization with the programming skill to remove them, then it seems your organization is suffering from problems that JSLint cannot help you solve.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672)
    0. [If you have a Java mentality, they might be
    useful. I have a JavaScript mentality.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183)
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137)
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137)
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    # When JSLint hurts your feelings, you can still hug it out with Douglas.
    # When JSLint hurts your feelings, hug it out with Doug.

    0. [There are some situations that are difficult to distinguish mechanically, so I now consider all of those cases problematic, even when they are not obviously wrong.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529)
    0. [You should be coding for readability and error resistance.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479)
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    0. [It is easy.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022)
    0. [It seems like good advice.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036)
    0. [With respect to spaces at the end of lines: From a code hygiene perspective, there is no good argument for keeping them. If you are arguing that there is no one in your organization with the programming skill to remove them, then it seems your organization is suffering from problems that JSLint cannot help you solve.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672)
    0. [The warnings assume that a lack of understanding on how undefined
    works in the language. If you have a Java mentality, they might be
    0. [If you have a Java mentality, they might be
    useful. I have a JavaScript mentality.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183)
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137)
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    # When JSLint hurts your feelings, you can still hug it out with Douglas.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2549
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529
    0. [There are some situations that are difficult to distinguish mechanically, so I now consider all of those cases problematic, even when they are not obviously wrong.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529)
    0. [You should be coding for readability and error resistance.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479)
    0. [A great writer doesn't express himself by putting the spaces before his commas instead of after, or by putting extra spaces inside his parentheses.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996)
    0. [Many people think they have good reasons for doing things badly.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001)
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2549
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1597
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. [You should be coding for readability and error resistance.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479)
    0. [A great writer doesn't express himself by putting the spaces before his commas instead of after, or by putting extra spaces inside his parentheses.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996)
    0. [Many people think they have good reasons for doing things badly.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001)
    0. [I made JSLint in the hope of removing a little bit of stupidity from the world.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841)
    0. [The purpose of JSLint is not to make you feel good about inadequate coding
    standards.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1597)
    0. [You are presuming the whitespace at the end of a line is either trivial
    or harmless.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663) ~Austin Cheney
    0. [JSLint is not able to determine which cases are troublesome and which are
    useful, so it warns on all cases.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018)
    0. [It is easy.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022)
    0. [It seems like good advice.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036)
    0. [With respect to spaces at the end of lines: From a code hygiene perspective, there is no good argument for keeping them. If you are arguing that there is no one in your organization with the programming skill to remove them, then it seems your organization is suffering from problems that JSLint cannot help you solve.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672)
    0. [The warnings assume that a lack of understanding on how undefined
    works in the language. If you have a Java mentality, they might be
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. [With respect to spaces at the end of lines: From a code hygiene perspective, there is no good argument for keeping them. If you are arguing that there is no one in your organization with the programming skill to remove them, then it seems your organization is suffering from problems that JSLint cannot help you solve.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672)
    0. [The warnings assume that a lack of understanding on how undefined
    works in the language. If you have a Java mentality, they might be
    useful. I have a JavaScript mentality.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183)
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137)
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.|http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137]
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137)
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
    0. [It is much harder to write correct programs if you do not understand what the language actually does.|http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137]
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    # When JSLint hurts your feelings, you can still hug it out with Douglas.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2549
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996
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    # JSLint will hurt your feelings.
    # When JSLint hurts your feelings, you can still hug it out with Douglas.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2529
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2479
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1996
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1597
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    # Is JSLint unfair, stupid, overly biased and/or overly concerned about trivial style violations?
    # JSLint will hurt your feelings.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841
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    # Discussion of the JSLint coding standard

    ## JSLint is unfair, stupid, overly biased and/or overly concerned about trivial style violations?
    # Is JSLint unfair, stupid, overly biased and/or overly concerned about trivial style violations?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137

    ## Fwiw, not every conversation ends with a "No."

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/msearch?query=%22jslint+now%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137

    ## Suggestion accepted!
    ## Fwiw, not every conversation ends with a "No."

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/msearch?query=%22jslint+now%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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    # Discussion of the JSLint coding standard

    ## Ummm no.
    ## JSLint is unfair, stupid, overly biased and/or overly concerned about trivial style violations?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2001
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1841
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/1597
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
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    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137

    ## But also, sometimes, yes.
    ## Suggestion accepted!

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/msearch?query=%22jslint+now%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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    # Discussion of the JSLint coding standard

    ## Trivial whitespace?
    ## Ummm no.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663

    ## Unreasonable rules?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664

    ## Too Strict?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137

    ## Hey, good suggestion!
    ## But also, sometimes, yes.

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/msearch?query=%22jslint+now%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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    ## Too Strict?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137

    ## Hey, good suggestion!

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/msearch?query=%22jslint+now%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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    ## Trivial whitespace?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663

    ## Unreasonable?
    ## Unreasonable rules?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
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    # Douglas Crockford on the JSLint coding standard
    # Discussion of the JSLint coding standard

    ## Trivial whitespace?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2663

    ## Unreasonable?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2664

    ## Too Strict?

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    ## Unreasonable?

    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2018
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2022
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2036

    ## Too Strict?

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    ## Unreasonable?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672

    ## Too Strict?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    0. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
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    # Douglas Crockford responds to criticism of the JSLint coding standard
    # Douglas Crockford on the JSLint coding standard

    ## Unreasonable
    ## Unreasonable?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672

    ## Too Strict
    ## Too Strict?

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
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    # Douglas Crockford responds to criticism of the JSLint coding standard

    ## Unreasonable

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/2672

    ## Too Strict

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/183
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/137
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