Um, no. The article's argument, to the extent that there is one, is based on the claim that syntax highlighting natural language doesn't help. But code is not n

Um, no. The article's argument, to the extent that there is one, is based on the claim that syntax highlighting natural language doesn't help. But code is not natural language. It is dominated by a small number of common keywords (function/class definitions, for loops, etc) and for these it -- shock! -- is helpful to have them standout visually from the less predictable content.