DIP6

[Chris Nicholson-Sauls]

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Ary Borenszweig 
>> <ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
>>> Kagamin wrote:
>>>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP6
>>>>
>>>>> Java's syntax has the advantage of having to type less when the
>>>>> annotation has no arguments: @annotation vs. [annotation].
>>>> In both cases you have a two-keys overhead.
>>> No, why?
>>
>> Maybe you have a different keyboard layout than Kagamin and me.
>>
>> On a US layout --
>> @  is Shift+2
>> but [ and ] are single keystrokes.
>>
>> --bb
> 
> Ah, two keys. I thought two chars. But I use the pinky finger to do the 
> shift, isn't that less that a full blown finger to do [ or ]?

I was thinking the same thing... but then again I don't think typing "Ctl-Alt-K [ 
Ctl-Alt-K Ctl-Alt-K" just to get an eth (ð) is a big deal...

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls