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Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by pubby on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @08:06AM (#6172201)
I'm not convinced programmers even need a mnemonic for < and >. After all, they'll read and write those glyphs millions of times in their lifetime.
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Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by JonnieCache on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @08:13AM (#6172230)
At least for me, the metaphors that I used to learn the symbols as a child have become my enduring mental models of those constructions, even if they're not actually needed to recall them any more.
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