Is there a good reason Swift uses double quotes instead of single for strings? Why 100% extra effort for such a common token?
#ergonomics
@pilky And we should. How much RSI could be saved from their cumulative effects if we considered the ergonomics of our token choices?
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@aral@pilky you're "supposed" to be using shift with the opposite hand...not a RSI problem: http://www.rsi.deas.harvard.edu/preventing.html -
@mj_langford@pilky You’re holding it wrong! :)
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@aral Finally, the use of a shift key is not going to cause RSI where there aren't already other far more significant contributing factors -
@pilky (Every little bit of extra effort in a complex system adds up. Either we respect that effort or design systems with high load.)
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@aral First off, if your shift key is causing you that much pain you should probably be resting as you can't avoid it when programming -
@pilky It’s not causing me pain but that’s not the point. Nothing you’ve mentioned actually gives a good answer to my original question :)
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@aral Secondly, the number of characters you can access without shift is limited. Even more so when accounting for international differencesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@pilky so, let's ditch Japanese and all other "ideogram-based" languages and switch to Esperanto.#jokeAfterJokeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Thirdly, if it's really that annoying you can always remap your keyboard to put the characters you want on the "lower" rowThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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