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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:47:03 +0100
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John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> There it is again: “maximal space”. The “space” is there to be used.
>> Code may be one-dimensional, but you have a two-dimensional screen to
>> display it, why not make use of that, if it makes a complex structure
>> clearer?
>
> Like I said: eye-travel. If the same amount of information is spread
> out over a larger space, there comes a point where it's actually *more*
> work to read, and it eventually becomes harder for the brain to keep
> track of the relevant context as a result; the "flow" is broken.

Also, the more it’s spread out, the less of it you can get on one
screen, and the resulting need for paging makes the medium-scale
structure a lot less clear.

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