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Writing good code follows good coding standards. On top of coding standards, syntax highlighting reveals the code making it easier to read (and learn).
There is a [http://qbnz.com/highlighter/faq.php Generic Syntax Highlighter] or GeSHi for short which is available as a Debian package (sudo apt-get install php-geshi). Adding a [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi Brion Vibber's extension] (is better than this alternate [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GeSHiCodeTag_Extension GeSHi MediawikiCode Tag] extension because Brion's just registers one new tag: 'source' and uses the extension parameter passing available since MW 1.5) extension to allows it to be used in this wiki.
Incorporating it into Mediawiki is just a matter of creating/configuring the extension and including it in LocalSettings.