I’m not a native Chinese speaker. I’ve been studying it at college for about two years, so probably around 300 class hours. I am a programmer, though—that’s pro

I’m not a native Chinese speaker. I’ve been studying it at college for about two years, so probably around 300 class hours. I am a programmer, though—that’s probably an understatement. I agree that whitespace is like “silence” in a way. But programming has much more in common with written language than spoken—and as much in common with mathematics as prose—so not everything matches up directly.