• 2deck@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Programming happens in the mind. Whats on the screen is a pale and lifeless polaroid devoid of the moving, complex soul of real code.

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      10 months ago

      Well put, however I find code formatting itself has a shape, texture and smell. How the programmer weaves the patterns of formatting tells a lot about his mind and style.

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        10 months ago

        Agreed; or their mind and style style.

        Auto formatting is often too rigid for me and gets in the way of context driving the style.