Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.
Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.
The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.
It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.
Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.
Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more