Question

Java uses a right brace to mark the end of all compound statements. What are the arguments for and against this design?

Answer 1

The argument for using the right brace to close all compound statements is simplicity: right brace always terminates a compound.

The argument against it is that when you see a right brace in a program, the location of its matching left brace is not always obvious sometimes because all multiple-statement control constructs end with a right brace.