I agree, but in the same way, if the code is structured well in a visual way it could be as easy to read without syntax highlighting. I guess it all depends on

I agree, but in the same way, if the code is structured well in a visual way it could be as easy to read without syntax highlighting. I guess it all depends on how well you know the language and the code base. I guess I've got into a routine for a long time now and happily have syntax highlighting turned off in Vim.