Do you have "show whitespace" enabled on your IDE?
I think it really helps being able to see the characters properly. (Also helps avoiding mixing tabs and spaces like some bloody animal.)
While there is some value in whitespace-insensitive syntax, I think using whitespace is a neat and human friendly way to keep things separated and to show structure. We are good at spatial thinking
For example this text is using whitespace between words to tell you where which words starts and ends. It uses paragraphs to further split up certain ideas. (Same with math notation which also uses whitespace)
Getting used to new syntax is not as hard as people pretend it is. Never understood the aversion of some people. For Python being whitespace sensitive is a great choice as it helps the pseudocode look of it and is often used as a beginner language. You want beginners to learn how to properly indent code and to suffer if they mix tabs and spaces. (Though maybe now that we have automatic code formatting in many languages, maybe less so.)
I think it really helps being able to see the characters properly. (Also helps avoiding mixing tabs and spaces like some bloody animal.)
While there is some value in whitespace-insensitive syntax, I think using whitespace is a neat and human friendly way to keep things separated and to show structure. We are good at spatial thinking
For example this text is using whitespace between words to tell you where which words starts and ends. It uses paragraphs to further split up certain ideas. (Same with math notation which also uses whitespace)
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Getting used to new syntax is not as hard as people pretend it is. Never understood the aversion of some people. For Python being whitespace sensitive is a great choice as it helps the pseudocode look of it and is often used as a beginner language. You want beginners to learn how to properly indent code and to suffer if they mix tabs and spaces. (Though maybe now that we have automatic code formatting in many languages, maybe less so.)