Every once in a while I will catch myself reading code as if it's prose (this seems to especially happen with C).

For example, for a bit of dry (interesting to me) reading, a patch to btrfs trying to correct for the "write hole" problem in implementing raid5/6 pools:

https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org/msg66473.html

Specifically "btrfs_r5l_recover_verify_checksum"

Sometimes code reads like prose to me, and when I catch myself doing that, I get weirded out. Should I?

Yeah, I went there.

First two and last messages were from the same person.

Third message was from someone else.

Reply was mine. I've clearly been influenced by a certain renard bleu.

https://mastodon.social/media/9r05ju3O0hW-OilwsN8