Code formatting conventions

Question

This question isn't really specific to java, but where did the convention to format code in following form come from?
if (something) {
   statement;
   statement;
}surely laying out code in the following format is far more readable:
if (something)
   statement;
   statement;
}In the second way, it's easy to match up the braces and see if and where any are missing (particularly in more complex code), so what's the point in the first (and more commonly used) convention???

Answer 1

my question was, "Where did the first style come
from?" as it is the convention most often seen in
tutorials (such as at java.sun.com), but is less
readable than the second example.
This statement is all about perception. When I first started with Java, I used to use your second example costantly. I don't know how it happened, but after some time, I started using K&R all the time (there was a short period where I would use both, even in the same program, I was very confused back then).
A few weeks ago, I went back to look at a one of the first programs I ever wrote in Java, and I about puked on the screen when I saw how the braces were layed out. I had an adverse physical reaction to something that I did, that at the time, I thought was perfectly acceptable and very readable.
Because I realize that I've used both and at one time or another thought both were perfectly acceptable, I try not to have an opinion one way or the other, but I know what I like so that is what I use.