"I think the idea of syntax highlighting is to clarify the syntax so that the brain can more easily ignore it. Basically, it takes the job of recognizing the st

"I think the idea of syntax highlighting is to clarify the syntax so that the brain can more easily ignore it. Basically, it takes the job of recognizing the structure of the source you're looking it, out of your hands, letting you focus purely on the semantics of the code." Code highlight is a bit like all "typefaces" in this post: some part are big and bold like the sections titles, some parts are in italic. It helps you, not the other way around