The keyboard layout, with backspace and the delete on the left thumb, space and enter on the right thumb, and straight columns, reminds me of the keyboard i'm using right now: Kinesis contoured (the Essential model).
I'm just getting used to this keyboard but so far I really like it. Ctrl and Alt are kind of awkwardly positioned, so if you're going to use Emacs you really want pedals.
This FingerBoard looks really cool, I'd love to try it. I have RSI kind of problems myself, and for me, keyboards with lighter touch are definately nicer on my hands and arms. Hmm... gesture recognition... light keys... i'd LOVE to have one of these. I want one now!
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The only other programming language I know that implements point 3 is... Visual Basic! Oh, and now C#. Anyone know what the absolute origin of this idea is?
Personally, I think it sucks. I don't want "obj.foo = bar" to be able to have side effects.
It's pretty much the same as Java... Except easier to combine with C/C++ code.
One thing that bothers me with both Java and C#... How come arrays are still the only fundamental compound type? Lists, please! Tuples! Especially when you have GC, these are really handy.
I hate that in modern languages like this, I can't return several values from a function in a clear and sensible way, like in Python or ML.
I read through a book on C# and.NET... I wasn't too impressed with C# itself - so they took Java and added some unsafe C++ mode, big deal - but the CLR is a really cool idea IMHO.
I would love to have code written in different languages use the same runtime, same garbage collector etc. We would definately benifit from having a free software solution like this. And since, AFAIK, CLR is an open standard, and it will have Python, Perl etc. ported to it, it might be a good idea to just do a free software implementation of CLR.
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I'm just getting used to this keyboard but so far I really like it. Ctrl and Alt are kind of awkwardly positioned, so if you're going to use Emacs you really want pedals.
This FingerBoard looks really cool, I'd love to try it. I have RSI kind of problems myself, and for me, keyboards with lighter touch are definately nicer on my hands and arms. Hmm... gesture recognition... light keys... i'd LOVE to have one of these. I want one now!
Personally, I think it sucks. I don't want "obj.foo = bar" to be able to have side effects.
One thing that bothers me with both Java and C#... How come arrays are still the only fundamental compound type? Lists, please! Tuples! Especially when you have GC, these are really handy.
I hate that in modern languages like this, I can't return several values from a function in a clear and sensible way, like in Python or ML.
I would love to have code written in different languages use the same runtime, same garbage collector etc. We would definately benifit from having a free software solution like this. And since, AFAIK, CLR is an open standard, and it will have Python, Perl etc. ported to it, it might be a good idea to just do a free software implementation of CLR.
It's pretty well-known, dude.