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>"Syntax highlighting is a standard feature of most modern text editors" Sorry it was a standard feature in some IDE's like forever. Nothing is modern about it
by FpUser 5y ago
>"Syntax highlighting is a standard feature of most modern text editors"
Sorry it was a standard feature in some IDE's like forever. Nothing is modern about it except the fact that the amount of what being recognized and made visually different did increase thanks in good part to language servers.
As for giving it up - well for what I care they could still use punch card, their choice. For me - I would not give it up.
- mcv 5y agoLots of people here are old enough to remember when syntax highlighting wasn't standard. Also the article itself is old (2007), and syntax highlighting, though common, was not as ancient, standard or varied then as it is now.
- FpUser 5y agoI am definitely old enough (60 years). Yes it was not standard in industry say in the 90s and I have to admit I was incorrect in this sense. Still it was available in some IDEs. Like Turbo Pascal had it since 1992.