Beaulieu on Periods

Lee Beaulieu sent me the following remarks (probably before seeing my own discussion of periods):

In your discussion on commas I would add the same point for using periods. They should only be used when and where necessary. I also always put it on a line all by its lonesome. My reasons are:
  1. Reduces the change of introducing a bug because of adding, copying or moving code.
  2. Introduces white space in the code that increases readability.
  3. Easier to see.
I came up with this convention years ago after researching types and causes of bug introduction to code. While some programmers hate this convention you will find that the number of bugs in your code will decrease.
One's tastes in these matters are not always rational. To me, putting a period on a line by itself feels about as natural as wearing shoes in the shower. Chacun a son gout.
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