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Why do people use color schemes when programming, is it cause it looks cool, do they think it makes them more productive, is it cause some people insist on it makes it easier to read code? None of these statements have been proved as far I know, so why?
Do you need proof that drinking bleach is bad for you before you will decline a shot of the stuff?
"Your browser is not supported Only works in Google Chrome at the moment, since HTML5 APIs it uses are not available in other browsers yet." Is the message I receive using Chrome 25.
Why do people use color schemes when programming, is it cause it looks cool, do they think it makes them more productive, is it cause some people insist on it makes it easier to read code? None of these statements have been proved as far I know, so why?
Why do people use color schemes when programming, is it cause it looks cool, do they think it makes them more productive, is it cause some people insist on it makes it easier to read code? None of these statements have been proved as far I know, so why?
Very few things have been "proven" in the sense you are talking about. People still have to make judgments about them anyway. By and large, most developers seem to have concluded that syntax highlighting helps them in some way. Possible reasons why: 1. Distinguishing different types of operators/primitives/objects from each other at a glance. 2. Aesthetic enjoyment. 3. An appropriate color scheme may be "easier on th…
Why do people use color schemes when programming, is it cause it looks cool, do they think it makes them more productive, is it cause some people insist on it makes it easier to read code? None of these statements have been proved as far I know, so why?
This is a very strange objection. Some people (or even a lot of people, I don't know) think it helps them read code if different syntactic elements have different visual appearances. You seem to argue that they "shouldn't" feel that, since it hasn't been "proved". Sure, you can do a study and somehow try to measure if some dimension of understanding is more easily acquired with or without syntax highlighting, but wha…