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by jakob223 3238 days ago
>No syntax highlighting

>If you still struggle with syntax then please use syntax highlighting, it will help those special words stand out.

I find syntax-highlighted code far easier to read, in part because it becomes less just a blob of amorphous text. Our eyes are better at noticing blobs of text that are green than blobs of text which happen to be preceded by a "//" or some such.

3 comments

I found that line beyond pretentious. You don't need to "struggle with syntax" to find highlighting useful.
I actually find that this "blob of amorphous text" is helpful for me, I seem to read code more thoroughly with syntax highlighting off
I find syntax highlighting to be quite distracting. There are reasons why it is still an option and not mandatory.
The best option is to have a option.
As long as I can use it, doesn't bother me at all that you don't. Doesn't affect the code at all.
Its a open discussion, no bothering required