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Re:To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as re... by cgriswald on Sunday May 26, 2024 @11:12AM (#40482763)
Likewise. Both code and math are almost physical objects in my mind. I hold these objects and relationships between them in my mind.

I find it interesting that for language I find reading easier than writing but for code or math it is the opposite. When reading code or math it almost feels the same as when I’m learning a foreign language and trying to read it. I have to “translate” it into the my internal “objects”.

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