[akanevsky]

No they don't, and I never said they do.
Just wanted to point out that it is possible, although I guess nobody would ever even think of proofing their Code.
This is only being done for really important software like some parts or Aircraft Firmware.

Good point. Less important software we can always debug later... If there is a need for it.

As a new coder (who is not afraid to ask for help), I can assure you that I will gladly take the assistance/advice of someone posting to help me LONG before someone cutting my head off so that their ego is satisfied (again, reference TONE).

Hey, where'd you get head cutting part from? :P

Wow you seem to be getting a bit stressed there, you might wanna reel in that temper just a little bit, i mean after all asking to judge peoples hacks and you can't even muster up the people skills to last a debate on the concept, ouch, this site would really be going down hill.

You see, anybody would get annoyed when someone "glues" irrelevant pieces of text together and waves them in front of your nose. You are wrong though, I am not getting stressed out. Now as I said, shut the f*ck up. Thanks.

The 2nd one complies with vBulletin coding standards.

Good, the we use the 2nd one.

Who is really going to open the code up and say 'damn, I wish I would have known this didnt use the coding standards before I installed it!'.

The coders will. I'd like you to recall the coding style of vBulletin 2 and compare it with vBulletin 3. Which one is easier to modify? This:

PHP Code:

        if ($a) {
            while ($b = $c)
                {
            echo "!!!!!";    }
    }
                else { print "yo";
    } 


or this

PHP Code:

if ($a) 
 {
     while ($b = $c)
     {
         echo "!!!!!";
     }
 }
 else
 {
     print "yo";
 } 


There you go.