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 22 hours 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 20 hours 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 20 hours 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 19 hours 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 1 points 6 hours ago

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