Subj : Re: programming and typing
To   : comp.programming
From : [jongware]
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 11:31 pm

"William" <Reply@NewsGroup.Please> wrote in message
news:YpKdnfS3FY2gkYLeRVn-tA@giganews.com...
> "John Smith" <JSmith@mail.net> wrote in message
> news:Y4DTe.424521$5V4.275205@pd7tw3no...
> > Settle an argument. How many professional programmers are touch
> > typists? Does typing proficiency affect programming productivity?
>
> Self-taught touch typist.
>
> It certainly affects my programming productivity since I write
> rather detailed comments. Also doesn't hurt when dealing with
> verbose languages and/or code style requirements. (And I keep
> my eyes on the code instead of looking down at my hands.)

Same here. It helps if you can think of other things while you're typing. I
can even type without thinking -- very handy in blurting out standard chunks
of code, usually I'm thinking about the next problem I'm gonna encounter.

[Jongware]

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