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Oh god that article, I was waiting for someone to post it. I don't mean to insult your opinion but I just find it cliche because it is always posted in any disc
by joonoro 11y ago
Oh god that article, I was waiting for someone to post it. I don't mean to insult your opinion but I just find it cliche because it is always posted in any discussion about syntax highlighting and it has some serious issues with false analogies. Comparing syntax highlighted prose to syntax highlighted code, equating typing on a keyboard to typing on a piano? Seriously? The author may or may not be a good programmer but that article stinks of BS.
It's nice to see that the comments section is still going strong, 8 years later.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> Comparing syntax highlighted prose to syntax highlighted code This just makes me wish you could get syntax-highlighted prose. It's not necessary for languages you have a native understanding of, but think how helpful it would be for foreign languages. :/
- TeMPOraL 11y agoLack of syntax highlighting in prose is a feature - if you had it, the authors couldn't play you with stupid tricks like garden path sentences :).
- Natanael_L 11y agoImagine how much more dense complex sentences could be if colors were used to disambiguate meanings, and yet still understandable!
- bjterry 11y agoNow I'm imagining a variant of Lojban, but where the colors have semantic meaning. It could be super dense.