> If you think they do, I'd rather change syntax highlighting to recognize !== and others as a single token.
Your syntax highlighter probably already recognizes single tokens as single tokens.
> It's like multi-select in text editors. When you think about it, it's actually an inferior form of search&replace.
I’m thinking about it, and it isn’t. Sometimes search and replace is an inferior form of multiselect. Multiselect is a less flexible form of macros, but provides immediate feedback.
> My personal opinion is - and I'm fine taking negative karma for this - that ligatures mostly appeal to the front-end developers among us. To the people who abuse the words "beautiful" and "gorgeous", and admire web pages which have a single text column using up 1/3 of screen width.
This is an unpleasant statement and apparently even you recognize that.
Some HN users love to look down on front-end development as if it's some sub-par category of developers, for some reason.
Let's do the same kind of pretentious generalization - I'd wager they are the same who think any language of higher level of abstraction than than C++ is an utter waste of time.
Edit: did I hit a nerve? I don't even believe that second statement, but it's a good example of how pretentious that comment sounded.
Sure, some do. I can't speak for them. What annoys me personally is that sometimes they seem to praise very arbitrary stylistic choices as objectively superior. I think front-end developers are more prone to fashions than other kinds of developers. The blogs seem to go through phases.
That's making a lot of assumptions. They simply might be more prone to write, read and react blog posts as a general rule. Their work is also more visible than most developers' work, being customer facing.
Gotta also keep in mind the FE landscape has radically shifted in the last 5-6 years after being almost dormant for a long while - more or less coinciding with ES2015 and the emergence of reactive frameworks ala React/Angular/Vue.
Your syntax highlighter probably already recognizes single tokens as single tokens.
> It's like multi-select in text editors. When you think about it, it's actually an inferior form of search&replace.
I’m thinking about it, and it isn’t. Sometimes search and replace is an inferior form of multiselect. Multiselect is a less flexible form of macros, but provides immediate feedback.
> My personal opinion is - and I'm fine taking negative karma for this - that ligatures mostly appeal to the front-end developers among us. To the people who abuse the words "beautiful" and "gorgeous", and admire web pages which have a single text column using up 1/3 of screen width.
This is an unpleasant statement and apparently even you recognize that.