I humbly suggest that it is the same keyboard layout that Roger was using
when he determined that J was easy to type. Had he used a Dvorak keyboard,
we would all be programming in H.

(I am aware of NCR/H. It is sufficiently ancient and obsolete that I don't
anticipate alot of confusion.)

On Wed, May 10, 2023, 11:12 Hauke Rehr <hauke.r...@uni-jena.de> wrote:

> In case you are still using a badly designed keyboard.
>
> Am 10.05.23 um 16:34 schrieb Michael Dykman:
> > I second Harvey's suggestion: 'jkl'
> >
> > It is very easy to type
> >
> > On Wed, May 10, 2023, 04:14 HH PackRat <hhpack...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I may be completely mistaken (and I didn't have time to double check
> >> the history), but I thought Roger Hui chose "j" because (I *think*) it
> >> was convenient (or conveniently located).
> >>
> >> In that spirit (and I realize it's probably ridiculous, yet
> >> practical), I would like to suggest "jkl".  It's fantastically easy to
> >> type.  It probably should be pronounced "jay-kel".  For a "meaning",
> >> it might stand for "J--Ken's Language" (Ken, of course, being Ken
> >> Iverson).
> >>
> >> Harvey
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
> >>
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> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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