Subj : Re: programming and typing
To   : comp.programming
From : John Smith
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 02:52 pm

John Smith wrote:
> Settle an argument. How many professional programmers are touch typists? 
> Does typing proficiency affect programming productivity?
> 
> JS

Thanks for all the good replies.

I learned touch typing in high school, long before I ever saw a 
computer. A couple of years ago I suffered an injury that 
partially crippled my right hand. I adapted by hunt and pecking 
with my right while touch typing with my left. I got so good at 
it that I could go nearly as fast as if I were touch typing with 
both hands. The full use of my right hand has since been 
restored, but I sometimes unconsciously lapse back into this 
hybrid style of typing.

JS

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