Subj : Re: programming and typing
To   : comp.programming
From : Christopher Barber
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 01:18 pm

John Smith wrote:
> Settle an argument. How many professional programmers are touch typists? 

Don't really know.  Many are, but I don't know where you could get hard figures.

> Does typing proficiency affect programming productivity?

Yes, although probably only up to a point.  I don't know that a lightning-fast 
typist is going to actually produce that much more than a merely fast one.

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