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You can tell because code has no narrator voice in your head when you read it.

by blueflow 2y ago

chownie 2y ago
Narrator voice doesn't kick in for me until a character speaks, narration is voiceless.
tstrimple 2y ago
That must be nice. My internal dialog never shuts the fuck up.
- laurowyn 2y ago
  I would say `narrator voice` in this context is distinctly different from internal dialogue. Obviously the internal voice can narrate to yourself, but that voice tends to be slightly different in my experience. Narrator voice is a specific voice, cadence, pattern etc. that your internal voice takes on when reading a narrative, rather than the narration of your experience. For me, I have a different voice when reading/writing technical documentation compared to reading/writing fictional works, which both are different from my day to day internal dialogue.
- vinceguidry 2y ago
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codesnik 2y ago
well, people are different. I feel like I have narrator voice for the code, not exactly the same way books do, but still something similar. Also when I'm trying to read code I feel distracted and annoyed by any background noise where I can recognize words, like speech or music in a familiar language. And I can't talk while coding, it messes up what I'm typing. Also I really prefer english-like languages, like ruby, to more sigil or symbol loaded, like rust, or full of abbreviations and operators, like Haskell. But I'm sure other developers have other brain pathways activated.
- mccrory 2y ago
  That could be signs of something else too.
rPlayer6554 2y ago
I do have a narrator in my head although it's usually a summary or description of Whats going on. Not a literal word for word read. I also have visualizations.
nkozyra 2y ago
Agree with sibling comments I'm almost always hearing a voice describing what I'm looking at, trying to pull the whole thing together.
laurowyn 2y ago
I have a narrator voice when reading code. It's the same narrator voice as when reading technical reports and white papers. I do sometimes struggle to process code that doesn't read well, likely because the cadence of the narrator voice gets disturbed and doesn't flow well. I've found that my descriptions and explanations of how things work generally follow the same cadence as this narrator voice, which tends to help me explain things succinctly and transfer knowledge quickly. I do agree it's distinctly different from the narrator voice for fiction books. I would assume that's due to the presence/lack of emotive language between the two types of writing. Perhaps this is a similar phenomenon to the inner monologue that some people have but others don't? Or the ability to imagine various levels of detail of objects without physically seeing them? The mind is a strange beast.
- hinkley 2y ago
  Mine consists primarily of swear words.
8372049 2y ago
Fun fact, when comprehending sign language the narrator voice is the same as when comprehending vocal language. By the same I mean that it works and "sounds" the same, but obviously it has the grammar and vocabulary of whatever sign language you're communicating in. The exact same parts of the brain are at work, too. I think this implies that the narrator voice isn't really a "sound echo" but rather your comprehension at work. Just like when reading text.
whilenot-dev 2y ago
My narrator does tell me the following: 1. Are return values identical for identical arguments? 2. Are there side effects? What are those? 3. "Congratulations, this narrator here found a story that can be told in isolation!" 4. Are the variables used in close locality to their declaration 5. Are all these loops doing what I think they do? (This one requires iterations of temporary code rewrites) 6. Is the story told with high efficiency? Can some side effects be prevented?
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  Mine just usually says "wtf?"

You can tell because code has no narrator voice in your head when you read it.

chownie 2y ago

Narrator voice doesn't kick in for me until a character speaks, narration is voiceless.

tstrimple 2y ago

That must be nice. My internal dialog never shuts the fuck up.

laurowyn 2y ago
I would say `narrator voice` in this context is distinctly different from internal dialogue. Obviously the internal voice can narrate to yourself, but that voice tends to be slightly different in my experience. Narrator voice is a specific voice, cadence, pattern etc. that your internal voice takes on when reading a narrative, rather than the narration of your experience. For me, I have a different voice when reading/writing technical documentation compared to reading/writing fictional works, which both are different from my day to day internal dialogue.
vinceguidry 2y ago
These folks have a proven track record in shutting that thing up if it's worth $500 to you. https://45daystoawakening.com/landing-page1594666682471 https://45daystoawakening.com/landing-page1594666682471

codesnik 2y ago

well, people are different. I feel like I have narrator voice for the code, not exactly the same way books do, but still something similar. Also when I'm trying to read code I feel distracted and annoyed by any background noise where I can recognize words, like speech or music in a familiar language. And I can't talk while coding, it messes up what I'm typing. Also I really prefer english-like languages, like ruby, to more sigil or symbol loaded, like rust, or full of abbreviations and operators, like Haskell. But I'm sure other developers have other brain pathways activated.

mccrory 2y ago
That could be signs of something else too.

rPlayer6554 2y ago

I do have a narrator in my head although it's usually a summary or description of Whats going on. Not a literal word for word read. I also have visualizations.

nkozyra 2y ago

Agree with sibling comments I'm almost always hearing a voice describing what I'm looking at, trying to pull the whole thing together.

laurowyn 2y ago

I have a narrator voice when reading code. It's the same narrator voice as when reading technical reports and white papers. I do sometimes struggle to process code that doesn't read well, likely because the cadence of the narrator voice gets disturbed and doesn't flow well. I've found that my descriptions and explanations of how things work generally follow the same cadence as this narrator voice, which tends to help me explain things succinctly and transfer knowledge quickly. I do agree it's distinctly different from the narrator voice for fiction books. I would assume that's due to the presence/lack of emotive language between the two types of writing. Perhaps this is a similar phenomenon to the inner monologue that some people have but others don't? Or the ability to imagine various levels of detail of objects without physically seeing them? The mind is a strange beast.

hinkley 2y ago
Mine consists primarily of swear words.

8372049 2y ago

Fun fact, when comprehending sign language the narrator voice is the same as when comprehending vocal language. By the same I mean that it works and "sounds" the same, but obviously it has the grammar and vocabulary of whatever sign language you're communicating in. The exact same parts of the brain are at work, too. I think this implies that the narrator voice isn't really a "sound echo" but rather your comprehension at work. Just like when reading text.

whilenot-dev 2y ago

My narrator does tell me the following: 1. Are return values identical for identical arguments? 2. Are there side effects? What are those? 3. "Congratulations, this narrator here found a story that can be told in isolation!" 4. Are the variables used in close locality to their declaration 5. Are all these loops doing what I think they do? (This one requires iterations of temporary code rewrites) 6. Is the story told with high efficiency? Can some side effects be prevented?

readthenotes1 2y ago
Mine just usually says "wtf?"