Columns with spaces is just plain WRONG. The data type prefix is definitely a legacy thing I've seen in a few places.
It's like the guy in my team who writes all his if statements backwards in Java
e.g. if (null != x)
He even tried to convince us it was easier to read. Needless to say, it was...
I've had the same thing, except over the work instant messenger.
I'm a software developer, and he was bitching about how some of my code was too simple and straightforward. I used it as a good opportunity to tell him what I thought of his coding style. He'd make things so complicated and...