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If the ASCII text format had included the color byte next to every letter-byte, we might have had manually colored programming languages (i.e. it would be a kin

If the ASCII text format had included the color byte next to every letter-byte, we might have had manually colored programming languages (i.e. it would be a kind of code comment). Imagine, coding guidelines that include coloration requirements... (I usually use this observation from the other side, as a reductio ad absurdum about coding guidelines that could as well be implemented as editor settings.)

db48x 3y ago
There is actually a language called colorForth, where the color of a word indicates things like whether it is quoted or evaluated.
al_borland 3y ago
As someone who is red/green colorblind, this sounds like a nightmare.
- phaedrus 3y ago
  I don't show as colorblind on any of the tests, but on some monitors I can't distinguish this shade of green (https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/ https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/) - or any paler green - from white. I worked at a place which used an alternating white/green background pattern to distinguish data rows (because company branding was a darker similar shade of green). Moreover the coding culture there was to favor manually created (not programmatic) data grids if the information was static, so it was manually colored. I was always getting asked, "why did you break the color pattern?" and my response would be, "what pattern?" The funny thing is we were supposed to be making Ada compliant websites. But I guess it didn't prevent using the website, just an aesthetic choice. Or "can't see one specific shade of green" isn't a disability. For what it's worth I also have never been entirely convinced "navy blue" is different from "black" and that the existence of navy blue as a distinct color isn't some elaborate joke being played on me. Someone gave me a pack of dress socks of all different shades of grey, black, and navy blue as a Christmas gift, and they meant well but do not know the apprehension they caused.
  - al_borland 3y ago
    I prefer my navy blue stuff to be a slightly lighter shade than sometimes used. For a really dark navy, I’d need to have a known black reference, and a lot of light, to determine the color. And that light green just looks tan to me (kind of like the background here on HN), or like a normal monitor with the blue light blocking turned on.
Izkata 3y ago
What if it was the language itself? https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html

db48x 3y ago

There is actually a language called colorForth, where the color of a word indicates things like whether it is quoted or evaluated.

al_borland 3y ago

As someone who is red/green colorblind, this sounds like a nightmare.

phaedrus 3y ago
I don't show as colorblind on any of the tests, but on some monitors I can't distinguish this shade of green (https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/ https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/) - or any paler green - from white. I worked at a place which used an alternating white/green background pattern to distinguish data rows (because company branding was a darker similar shade of green). Moreover the coding culture there was to favor manually created (not programmatic) data grids if the information was static, so it was manually colored. I was always getting asked, "why did you break the color pattern?" and my response would be, "what pattern?" The funny thing is we were supposed to be making Ada compliant websites. But I guess it didn't prevent using the website, just an aesthetic choice. Or "can't see one specific shade of green" isn't a disability. For what it's worth I also have never been entirely convinced "navy blue" is different from "black" and that the existence of navy blue as a distinct color isn't some elaborate joke being played on me. Someone gave me a pack of dress socks of all different shades of grey, black, and navy blue as a Christmas gift, and they meant well but do not know the apprehension they caused.
- al_borland 3y ago
  I prefer my navy blue stuff to be a slightly lighter shade than sometimes used. For a really dark navy, I’d need to have a known black reference, and a lot of light, to determine the color. And that light green just looks tan to me (kind of like the background here on HN), or like a normal monitor with the blue light blocking turned on.

Izkata 3y ago

What if it was the language itself? https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html