From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10429 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2022 12:18:06 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Nov 2022 12:18:06 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D278840F26; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 22:18:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-yb1-f175.google.com (mail-yb1-f175.google.com [209.85.219.175]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1600E40A20 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 22:17:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-yb1-f175.google.com with SMTP id j130so20900590ybj.9 for ; Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:17:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yeH4Zbvu/XqIC16DR5uJNYjcl/bul98zTLoy1zPQq5Q=; b=dIfRtk+tXkJLO0Pw5Ebsjb41IPmaLg6AbfTVBxYNE00sT0QrhNcDyDKKSsl2IZ7hTn Qihq9+EpH/CMp5v3csTI+LgRkl1UdOIpvhqRag5GZ9Acg52bmxD32VQ46JhUq4Sn5zCP 9vniqKjXLEWqa07O4IiQZMdxKB6vmA2uzbFNp58XqxkHTv9hVWGvyQQXVh4Apcg0OEVk UDR+aexa+x60URKwNhYKB1gffctRpmfNY6/mv1cKEpW/RpO9auNMwd3wua3MYdR/qtRI 30C2Gb5Z+6RrflFjXFKzjUkGj17qWiHKAF/bj/oGZCwXPaIv6oVp8EIle7r4xQLQOj05 lckA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yeH4Zbvu/XqIC16DR5uJNYjcl/bul98zTLoy1zPQq5Q=; b=jGTNi0b4XFjmzQi+q3ui9aCc6wgGVzeZdjaNhSzS1bhLMhvDszQEI6VbTRBRF/hJQL QfrQEqHUHiAoSWxJDtbSWuyVcYu+L9/5E+RUOGXUvcuw6G5XursNW0nBelZCEVRpNHrM mACd4CTEIrDp7y4t51tQaK2b+SR/KCY0h7w6oq3SS4zzp++GjrEzo9eBa/Kpwz3Mlmid hjne9lHI/lzvz2Y6bSW8G5FC47Wan8rsxtW8L4687i8Dt/iwjf0id0JhUIdK1JCGpbux 9XFCd3Rk01hwCkY5GfcZAcitMDpGKu83u3fjuvrZd0J0xdI2vlE1itunHdW6p8HZgEjG kykA== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf367VBccWTpgwzsbnEinv5DRQ0IlD18+vVmGpwVuUN9f4BvbhMQ Rcp9UrcksEkA5exiaPLOsQQ9VmaxOk/mMe/y32dwLljZVouvuA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM60pEWnlV40iWUBpzhOe1TUxoGbBSxnk5drQ1BepomOq//4dxkswKTCRzFNLT/WbhZn0ZFXixyhAUKM4Ecl9ao= X-Received: by 2002:a5b:4ca:0:b0:6cf:fc82:95f3 with SMTP id u10-20020a5b04ca000000b006cffc8295f3mr929984ybp.477.1667391416267; Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:16:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:16:41 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: AYVZJKZ256QATJCX4EXB5VM4EAZRXYBY X-Message-ID-Hash: AYVZJKZ256QATJCX4EXB5VM4EAZRXYBY X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Early Unix and Keyboard Skills List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: > Touch typists can spot an illtyperate programmer from a mile away. > They don't even have to be in the same room. I once thought of touch typing as employment of all fingers. Then I met Fred Grampp. Using only four fingers, he typed as fast as most good programmers. He knew where to hit, with a kinesthetic sense that had progressed beyond dependence on "home keys". It was an athletic performance, astonishing to watch. Doug