underscore_ comments on How to write Hello World

[–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 63 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

LGTM. Though do people really code with ligatures turned on?

Edit: Ok so there are some big advocates of ligatures, I’m going to have to give them a second chance. I’ll try for a week, and either way that Fira Code font looks great.

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[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I was skeptical of ligatures at first, too, it took me awhile to warm up to it. But yeah, love me some Fira Code now.

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[–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

That’s neat, so TIL ligature in code do actually have a strong following

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[–] Luvon@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I always do, I love having ligatures

Having ≠ looks much nicer then !=

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[–] kasuaaliucceli@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago

Ah! You see, in my mind != looks nicer than ≠. Haha

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[–] maniel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago

That's why those exist

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Yes, I use Fira Code myself

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[–] red@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago*

When you realize 90% of programming is reading, then you'll end up embarking on a journey to make code more readable. At some point you fall in love with ligatures.

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Ligatures make code way easier to read, especially if you’re using lambdas or a language with different comparison operators than “normal”.

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[–] kogasa@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, with Iosevka font