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Agree; it also helps to have good tools at hand (like Kythe & CodeSearch) to help you with it:

“Reading Code Is A Skill” [2020], Trisha Gee (https://trishagee.com/2020/09/07/reading-code-is-a-skill/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28598528

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