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Brackets and parenthesis help me understand the structure and flow of code at a glance. Indentation helps too, but it doesn't completely subsume structural synt
by hackinthebochs 15y ago
Brackets and parenthesis help me understand the structure and flow of code at a glance. Indentation helps too, but it doesn't completely subsume structural syntax. It's like commas, semicolons, periods, paragraphs, etc in writing. They're tools to help you convey meaning that isn't apparent from the words themselves.
Minimalism for its own sake is an anti-pattern in language design. I will be very happy once this meme dies.
- scott_s 15y agoThere is no less structural information in, say, a Python code block than in a C code block. Once you get used to the syntax and language semantics, you will just as easily be able to understand the structure and flow at a glance.