From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-17 09:33:46 PST Message-ID: <3E283E1C.6050601@cogeco.ca> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. References: <1042737099.670536@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:32:12 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1042824732 198.96.47.195 (Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:32:12 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:32:12 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33147 Date: 2003-01-17T12:32:12-05:00 List-Id: Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > Wes Groleau fed this fish to the penguins on Thursday 16 January 2003 > 10:26 am: > >>>Didn't Lisp suffer from a parentheses shortage? I always thought that >>>one could write Lisp faster with one additional input device: left >>>parenthese and right parenthese foot pedals. >> >>Ooh, Repetitive Stress Injuries in the calf muscles! > > Now there is an idea -- I never use the M$ "windows" keys; maybe they > can be rebound for such punctuation. Hook up a 2nd serial mouse, but put it on the floor as your "foot pedal" ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg