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Except the article is not an opinion piece. The author makes a factual claim that removing syntax highlighting makes the code ironically easier to read. That's
by acbabis 10y ago
Except the article is not an opinion piece. The author makes a factual claim that removing syntax highlighting makes the code ironically easier to read. That's something that could be measured and either confirmed or refuted in a lab.
- bpchaps 10y agoFor some of us, syntax highlighting DOES make code more difficult to read. We're all different. I learned most of what I know on a Solaris 9 machine on a CRT with a model m back in 2008 with zero syntax highlighting, in vi and without vim. Zero fluff. I've tried syntax highlighting, but every time I do, I end up going back and my code quality and readability improves. I imagine a similar effect would happen to others if their colors were changed to incredibly tacky colors.