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Syntax highlighters are wrong (2014)
Syntax highlighters make value judgments about code. Most highlighters judge that comments are cruft, and try to hide them. Most diff viewers judge that code deletions are bad.
- Points
- 233
- HN comments
- 170
- Submissions
- 1
- Cited by
- 4 commenters
Software EngineeringWeb & Frontend2019
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2019 | Syntax highlighters are wrong (2014) by TuringTest | 233 | 170 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Nov 2019 to Aug 2026.
Most recent:
- kqr · Aug 31, 2026
- dsego · Aug 5, 2022
- franciscop · Nov 29, 2019
- czr · Nov 29, 2019
