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by cpeterso 5404 days ago
What would a programming language look like if it was optimized so its reserved keywords used mostly home row letters (and, in Unix tradition, preferably alternated left/right hands) and operators without shifting? This would be tough, since the home row only has one vowel: a.
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I was wondering the same thing and noticed that the vowels almost always feature in the top 10 and DVORAK has them all in one hand. yay..Infact, in a very casual observation, i think only 'r' seems to be the letter out of DVORAK layout.. I looked across languages though. Guess this makes me a DVORAK evangelist.:-) And to complete that image i will add this DVzine link.http://www.dvzine.org/