"Help you help them" however is only necessary in the python example because data is lost. The indention doesn't mean anything to C programmers, and thus I need no help from them to help them.
You can honestly read and understand that as-is? And adding line breaks and proper indentation would make it absolutely no easier? Impressive. I don't think there's many C programmers who have that ability.
It is also something I set out to learn how to do because I saw someone else do it: If someone produces smaller and faster code than me, then I should want to learn from it.
When working with others, I will often extemporise my code for their sake. I sometimes make mistakes when doing this, but sometimes making friends is more important than fast and correct programs.
