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		cachehit on Dec 22, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Makes a Good Programming Font? Yes. I guess it was Bjarne who convinced me to try it (The C++ Programming Language book was set with a variable width font). I find it pleasing to the eye and the sacrifice is .. well, what? Indenting still works and I don't do the block-style formatted comments etc.

lallysingh on Dec 23, 2008 | [–]

It's a really good point -- not since punched cards & F77 has column number meant anything...

So why the monospaced font (I'm guilty of this as well)? Maybe it just sets our minds up for reading code instead of prose?

swombat on Dec 22, 2008 | | [–]

That's crazy talk!

scott_s on Dec 22, 2008 | [–]

He convinced me for presentation, but I still code in a monospaced font.

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