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"""UX implies usability as well as aesthetics. Any time spent worrying about the aesthetics of code is time not spent solving problems."""

Only an ignorant can separate aesthetics from coding.

The top programmers agree that good code is also beautiful. In fact this is often stated also about good maths.

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Perhaps I wasn't clear, but I was referring specifically to the aesthetics of the typeface. Good code in monospace is no less beautiful than good code in font X.

Then agreed.

I very much believe in beautiful and clear monospace. This can translate into benefits for the time it takes your eyes and brain to interpret what you see. Time is money.

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