From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 09:49:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Message-ID: <8VGRbfQ9V1B9@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1CC17D.DD6F730C@brighton.ac.uk> Organization: LJK Software Date: 5 Jun 2001 11:02:41 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 991753366 216.44.122.34 (Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:02:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:02:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8177 comp.lang.awk:2780 comp.lang.clarion:21128 comp.lang.java.programmer:73750 comp.lang.pl1:775 comp.lang.vrml:3509 Date: 2001-06-05T11:02:41-05:00 List-Id: In article , Ted Dennison writes: > In article <3B1CC17D.DD6F730C@brighton.ac.uk>, John English says... >> >>Mind you, I type one-fingered (but very quickly after 30 years of >>practice :-) so I find I'm more keyboard-layout-insensitive than a >>real typist. > > I can actually touch-type. But I've found its *very* rare that this skill comes > in handy while writing code. Perhaps there are some people out there who *think* > in C or Ada, but I have to stop every couple of lines to translate or > strategize. I can rapidly enter (including underscores) what I think is Ada. The fact that I have to revise it when the compiler gives me its opinion regarding whether it is Ada does not seem to me to slow the process much.