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coryrc on July 18, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you w...

OT: Do you know if was he being serious, joking, or "haha only serious" in the linked message?

woodrowbarlow on July 18, 2025 | [–]

i think that's at least mostly serious. he's not a fan of syntax highlighting.

https://ctrl-c.us/posts/highlight

wavemode on July 18, 2025 | [–]

Most of the comments by everyone in that thread are sarcastic, and the tone of the thread is lighthearted.

Pike genuinely doesn't seem to care for syntax highlighting, though understands that his is a minority opinion.

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