If anything, that sounds like an argument in favor of significant indentation, not against it. Humans and machines read differently, yes, which is why we tend to add whitespace and indentation to code even for programming languages where it's not significant. We do that expressly because it makes the code more human-friendly, so it's quite the opposite of ignoring their differences.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it is an argument against it. We indent code so that it is more comfortable to read it, not in order to make it easier to understand

[–] softwarist@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're mistaken:

Indentation is a secondary notation that is often intended to lower cognitive load for a programmer to understand the structure of the code.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol. Go on, show me how it is easier to understand structure of the code when I am 3 levels down, first two are already out of sight

[–] softwarist@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's not a coherent argument, but you don't have to agree with me. I think this discussion has run its course.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

What a nice way to say "I can't back my standpoint up". Anyway, do have a good day