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Correlation between experience and efficacy of programmers [pdf] (uni-saarland.de)
4 points by azhenley on Aug 27, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


High efficacy programmers read code with lower cognitive load.

This indicates that software engineering practices like the Go community exhibits (standardized formatting, stereotypical variable naming), and well worn practices like good function and variable names, which reduce cognitive load, would help everyone.




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