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Mon 27 Jan 2020

Mallard couple

On the way back to home I took a photo of a mallard couple, Anas platyrhynchos.

Mallard couple
Mallard couple, Anas platyrhynchos. Female left, male right. In the back an Eurasian coot, Fulica atra.

The Shapes of Code

Every piece of code we write is unique, or pretty much. However, there are things that are common in a lot of code, even across various codebases, and even across various languages: the physical shape that code has.

Beyond the mere visual aspect of code, the shape of a piece of code can carry information by itself. Being able to decipher this information allows to glean indications about the code at a glance, even before starting to read it. This information is valuable in itself, and afterwards during the reading of the code itself.

Source: The Shapes of Code, an article by Jonathan Boccara.