Er, that makes little sense. I can't think of an editor that offers syntax coloring that doesn't also allow you to choose your colors. If red/green give you problems, don't use red for heredocs and green for comments (or some such). Even if you were unable to see ANY color, you could pick strong and weak shades of gray that would help you parse visually.

I agree in general with the "don't depend on syntax coloring" but I won't go so far as to say that syntax coloring is unhelpful.

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In reply to Re^3: Code Readability. Break Rule Number 5? by halley
in thread Code Readability. Break Rule Number 5? by DACONTI

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