Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 01/03/2025 00:15, Keith Thompson wrote:

Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

On 28/02/2025 23:32, Richard Harnden wrote:

On 28/02/2025 21:10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:21:01 +0000, Richard Harnden wrote:
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Have your mental margin-bell ding at around 75 characters ...

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What was the ding for? Was it because typists were not in the habit
of
looking at what they were typing?

Exactly.  They didn't need to look at what they were typing, because
they could touch-type.  It's why the F and J keys have the little
bumps - so you'd know where you were.  They'd be looking only at
what they where copying, so the audible cue was necessary.  They
could hit 90+ words per minute.
Very impressive, but not a skill a programmer needs.

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MMMV.
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You do you, obviously, but touch-typing can easily double your typing
speed. It never ceases to amaze me that the NHS claims their doctors
are overworked but can't be arsed to teach them to touch-type.

 I suspect two different points are being made.  Touch-typing without
looking at the keyboard is important for programmers.  Touch-typing
without looking at the text being typed is less so.
 

Yes.  I don't need to look at my fingers/the keyboard, but I do need to concentrate on the code.  Give me a azerty layout and I'm back to one finger and searching.