> Syntax highlighting is juvenile. When I was a child, I was taught
arithmetic using colored rods
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods). I grew up and today I
use monochromatic numerals.
He is definitely not alone in thinking this, for example (but for different reasons): <a href="https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/syntaxhighlighting/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/syntaxhighlighting/
Not convinced at all by these reasons. Rob Pike has long stepped down from the Go team so it shouldn't matter? This is a website not a language change.
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> Syntax highlighting is juvenile. When I was a child, I was taught arithmetic using colored rods (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods). I grew up and today I use monochromatic numerals.
<a href="https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/hJHCAaiL0so/m/kG3BHV6QFfIJ" rel="nofollow">https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/hJHCAaiL0so/m/kG3B...
He is definitely not alone in thinking this, for example (but for different reasons): <a href="https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/syntaxhighlighting/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/syntaxhighlighting/
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