tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694016830113568730.post1285556205016842453..comments2023-09-12T09:41:57.755+02:00Comments on Professor Fish: Short note on syntactic sugarRalf Lämmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11811593229142993414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694016830113568730.post-26529110969889965172013-10-03T17:50:28.828+02:002013-10-03T17:50:28.828+02:00My objection to the term is that it reflects an at...My objection to the term is that it reflects an attitude, common among programmers, that concrete syntax is for wimps; i.e., that it is not really important. My view is that this is not only wrong, but actually damaging. Understanding software is a hard enough task that anything we can do to help readers is a good thing. The concrete syntax is the primary interface through which we understand a program.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057423540551104515noreply@blogger.com