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Is Caps Lock Dead?

Posted by timothy on from the remapping-is-the-answer dept.

An anonymous reader asks "Recently I have noticed that I haven't used caps lock other for any purpose other than hitting it by accident. Once upon a time, COBOL was written in all caps, and other languages like BASIC and Fortran were not case sensitive. Capitals were the way to go for writing code. Does the caps lock key serve any purpose any more, and if not, should it be removed, moved, or replaced?"

2 of 1,206 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not everyone is a programer by Epistax · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wait, software end-users aren't programmers? Better not tell that to the *nix camp, or else they might crap themselves.

  2. Re:for actually using a computer (writing document by trmj · · Score: 0, Troll

    he should be shot.

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