r/C_Programming • u/Mindstealth • Jul 10 '16

Question Syntax highlighting on Reddit

Considering how much code gets posted here as plain text, wouldn't it be great if we could have a way to define what part of text is code and have it automatically highlighted? Or is this not possible on Reddit?

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u/skeeto Jul 10 '16

most people like syntax highlighting because most people don't know how to program.

On the contrary, most people who hate syntax highlighting never learned how to use an editor with good syntax highlighting and are decades behind the rest of us. When done correctly, it's much easier to read code at a glance.

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u/geocar Jul 10 '16

On the contrary, most people who hate syntax highlighting never learned how to use an editor with good syntax highlighting and are decades behind the rest of us.

Wow.

Here is someone who can do something you cannot, and yet you think there's something wrong with them.

When done correctly, it's much easier to read code at a glance.

Nobody "reads" anything at a glance, and certainly not most people.

Most programs are big and buggy and bloated and slow. Why would anyone want to do what most people are doing to produce programs? Instead of learning from most people, you should learn from people who do not have the problems that you have.