end of print = lower productivity ?

cptnwillard at gmail.com cptnwillard at gmail.com
Tue Nov 25 11:21:34 EST 2008


On Nov 25, 5:05 pm, peter <peter.saba... at gmail.com> wrote:
> BUT you now can do
>
> >>> p = print
> >>> p("f")
>
> Voila, 4 keystrokes saved :-)

All right. Let's talk about that.

When I write "print", it is both effortless and instantaneous : my
hands do not move, a wave goes through my fingers, it all happens in a
tenth of a second.

Contrast this with what one has to go through to catch the SHIFT key,
and then the "(" : move the left hand, press SHIFT, move the right
hand, aim "(", press, miss, press again. Same thing at the end of the
function call.

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it does *impair* my debugging
productivity. Taylor would agree.



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