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Specifically, she makes a strong case that consistent code pronunciation could benefit new programmers because vocalisation and subvocalisation are important parts of comprehension.
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i'm flabbergasted anyone subvocalizes when they read code. do you subvocalize when you read math or some other symbolic language?
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this is interesting for perspective - I'm surprised that some people apparently /don't/. I remember back when I was studying physics and there was this greek letter they sometimes used that I could only pronounce to myself as "weird squiggly", because I couldn't properly memorize
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which one it was, and it always made things difficult; likewise these days when I'm reading type system papers and still occasionally get mixed up "gamma - no wait, that's sigma..." while reading
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(suspect this is probably related to why some people seem to have less trouble with weird new syntax and operators than I do.) (cough ATS cough. when I see things like t@ype I just get a headache...)
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tatype? arrrgh
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TIL: pince-nez
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