I get what you say, and agree with you that autoformatter+braces are a cool thing. Problem with that is a lot of people don't use any formatter: not an autoformatter, not a format guide. They just "know" what is best, which usually end up in horrifying (R in my field) code. Sometimes they even feel _smart_ when chaining call after call after call to pull off some kind of one-liner with the help of braces, pipes and semicolons, and then twit the monstrosity with great pride.
Python, and others, had the wisdom to put a corset on those people with whitespace and indentation.
Python, and others, had the wisdom to put a corset on those people with whitespace and indentation.