tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442641646406857834.post6555991639880726766..comments2021-04-14T19:45:48.886-07:00Comments on kdc-blog: Typing is the most important class a CS student could ever take -- not!kdchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243996312428924150noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442641646406857834.post-14979026570241077862008-11-26T06:21:00.000-08:002008-11-26T06:21:00.000-08:00I am a reasonably competent typist. I am not fast...I am a reasonably competent typist. I am not fast by any means but I get the job done.<BR/><BR/>When I program I do spend a non-trivial amount of time doing "tricks" to increase my output. I write a lot of sed/awk/Perl hacks to create/transform {stuff} into what I need. So, I might produce 3000 lines of code on a given day but I might have only actually typed 300 lines of this. I try to let kdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243996312428924150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442641646406857834.post-17966621418899433302008-11-24T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-24T14:27:00.000-08:00Before my parents would buy me a computer they sai...Before my parents would buy me a computer they said I had to learn how to type. They took pity on me after going through several typewriter ribbons and got a C-64, which had all sorts of keys in different places.<BR/><BR/>Now I still can't 'type', but I can get 70wpm out with my home-grown programmer's hand layout. The only time typing speed would be useful would be for filling out user Bill McGoniglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881845239621537573noreply@blogger.com