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by cpeterso 5090 days ago
I wonder what a programming language designed to minimize shifting would look like. Python does a pretty good job because it uses few curly brackets and no semicolons.
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sadly, highly dependent on keyword layout, e.g. my keyboard has square brackets and the equals sign only accessible via a key combination, while the US keyboard does not.

It seems the only safe character across many countries are 0-9a-z.,-\ plus space/tab/return. Not a lot to work with :)

That's part of why I always use a US layout, even on UK keyboards. Also because I've grown up with it.