On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7:46:21 PM UTC+5:30, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-04-19, Pete Forman wrote: > > > My question asks why monospace is used for the text. > > Well, I always use a monospaced font for code because I find it helps > readability for things like tables of data, block comments, and lines > of code that have some sort of parallel structure that I want to be > obvious to the reader. > > > And more generally that programmers sticking to text when rest of > > world has moved on is rather backward: > > http://blog.languager.org/2012/10/html-is-why-mess-in-programming-syntax.html > > The same reason humans use written and spoken language rather than > just drawing pictures, pointing, and grunting?
I wonder who the joke is on: | A study comparing Canadian and Chinese students found that the latter were | better at complex maths | Native English speakers rely more on additional brain regions involved in the | meaning of words, whereas native Chinese speakers rely more on additional | brain regions involved in the visual appearance and physical manipulation of | numbers, from : https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9422-mother-tongue-may-determine-maths-skills/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list