Delphi / Pascal programmers who are used to writing:
if (a == b) then
begin
// do something
end
else
begin
// do something else
end
are often huge fans of placing the curly braces on the next line to emulate what they are used to with begin and end .
The original C-style suggested same-line curly-braces in the late 1970s (and curly braces on the next line for functions if I remember correctly - K&R style). Why, I'm not sure, maybe to save space.
I personally prefer same-line curly braces even though I've had my fair share of Pascal and Delphi many years ago - when in Rome, do as the Romans do.