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Old 18th June 2008
JMJ_coder JMJ_coder is offline
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Hello,

Some of the benefits of syntax highlighting (at least as in done in vim) are:

If you mistype a keyword or forget a quote or semicolon, the coloring is all out of whack - no need to wait until compile time to realize a mistake is made.

Brace matching allows you to easily if you have enough braces and to see logical deliminations of blocks of code.

I have heard that staring at large chunks of plain code for hours on end - it all looks the same (I haven't spent hours at a time in front of plain code to know this first hand).



^^^ The second item could be easily lived without, but as to the other two - those who do not use syntax highlighting, could you please expound on why plain code is superior to syntax highlighting or where syntax highlighting falls short of desired results.
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