Syntax highlighting is juvenile. When I was a child, I was taught arithmetic using colored rods. I grew up and today I use monochromatic numerals.

— Rob Pike, golang-nuts mailing list (2012)

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/hJHCAaiL0so/kG3BHV6QFfIJ

A 2012 post to the golang-nuts mailing list.

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