I didn't get that right...oops...probably because I use the dvorak keyboard layout
rather than
qwerty...
Rishi
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Subject: [REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(5)
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> As Carl once related to me:
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> Semicolon was not picked because it's the LISP comment
> character, the square brackets are not in REBOL because
> they're found in FORTH, the reason for their use is based on
> their position on the keyboard (home row) and the fact that
> they are UNSHIFTED!! People will be typing these things ALOT
> so they'd better be conveniently located and easy to hit.
>
> REBOL doesn't want your fingers to hurt.
>
> That's just an indication of the attention to detail that is
> the REBOL standard.
>
> Everyone essentially got the answer right-- A+! :-)
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>
> -jeff
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