• Shanmugha@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Because I am not counting white space when I read. Or should we just write machine code/assembler/pick something straight away?

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        16 hours ago

        Human and machine read differently. If you ignore that (in case with indentation), then why bother with writing human-friendly form of code, when what is going to be really executed is something else?

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          14 hours ago

          If anything, that sounds like an argument in favor of significant indentation, not against it. Humans and machines read differently, yes, which is why we tend to add whitespace and indentation to code even for programming languages where it’s not significant. We do that expressly because it makes the code more human-friendly, so it’s quite the opposite of ignoring their differences.

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            5 hours ago

            No, it is an argument against it. We indent code so that it is more comfortable to read it, not in order to make it easier to understand

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                2 hours ago

                Lol. Go on, show me how it is easier to understand structure of the code when I am 3 levels down, first two are already out of sight

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                  1 hour ago

                  That’s not a coherent argument, but you don’t have to agree with me. I think this discussion has run its course.