Re: Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Short Closures

Hi Marco, Marco Pivetta wrote:

On 7 September 2015 at 06:33, Pavel Kouřil <pajousek@gmail.com> wrote:

Also, I realized it's definitely harder to write ~ than =. On my keyboard layout (Czech Qwerty) I have to do "right alt + shift + (key above Tab)". I'm not sure how it is with other non-US keyboard layouts, but it might be worth exploring before deciding on a symbol; or maybe there's a possibility that my keyboard layout is just an anomaly and you can write ~ on most keyboard layouts with a single key (or double).

The same usually applies to ~, {, }, [ and ]. I personally stopped buying non-en_US keyboards and that's it. Basically, if you code you kinda want to use en_US layout anyway (or dvorak if you had too much free time). I realize that this is unfriendly to beginners, but the ~ already is part of the syntax of the language anyway.

This sounds a little elitist to me. Learning a new keyboard layout is a hassle and it's not fair to expect non-Americans to go to extra lengths. The vast majority of the people in the world aren't American, and even if a majority of programmers are, that won't remain the case for long. Of course, we can't accomodate every keyboard layout perfectly, but we should still take these things into account. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/