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From: Vinzent Hoefler <JeLlyFish.software@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Localized Variable Declaration
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 17:28:26 +0200
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dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote:

>Hmmm! I don't think incompetent typing skills are a good
>argument to introduce. Most people in fact will type
>the shifted {} faster.

Agree, if you say most people with a US-keyboard-layout. :-)

>I can quite believe that some
>would type it slower (for instance if they do not have
>finger memory of where the curly keys are),

On the Swiss and German layouts I use most, its more a matter of
finger acrobatics. I always have to change the position of my thumb to
the right Alt-Key and then switch to a keyboard area, I usually do not
need to reach to write English. :-)

>but in any
>case speed of typing is a 100% irrelevant argument when
>it comes to discussingt the design of Ada.

ACK. The real thing is "How fast can you read and understand it?".


Vinzent.