djb used this style when shell scripting and I believe that is where I picked it up.^1 I have not seen (m)any HN commenters publishing their work for public scrutiny who are more skilled in programming, including C, than djb. Other programmers, good ones, but not a large number, copied his C style.

1. An extreme example

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drudru/qhasm/master/qhasm-...