Not only more readable than A and B but I would argue it's also easier to remember who did what a few sentences or paragraphs earlier since Alice and Bob invoke slightly less generic mental images than A and B. For example one is a woman and the other one is a man, maybe even some person or character you know.

And now that I'm thinking about it, the different gender also makes it easier to keep track of who does what because different pronouns are used (at least in English and many other languages).

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Fun fact: the problem this is a solution to is known as the gay spock problem

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm afraid I'm not following. The solution to what?

Edit: Sorry, I misread your comment.

[–] charolastra@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Took me a few reads

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