The braces didn&#x27;t do anything for a human until indentations were added, whether by human or machine. If you lifted those braces out, you&#x27;d still know that the intent was (although in C it would be wrong :)<p>The only thing I miss about braces is being able to jump to the end of a block easily. In python and similar that&#x27;s a bit harder to do with an editor.