Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!husc6!encore!zelig!jdarcy From: jdarcy@encore.com (Mostly Harmless) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Left Handed programmers (was Sinister Hackers 8-)) Keywords: Left Hand Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 13:43:25 GMT References: <1990Aug6.233133.4791@actrix.co.nz> <10401@stiatl.UUCP> <1990Aug16.080332.1572@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk> Sender: news@Encore.COM Lines: 14 adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Adam Curtin) writes: -In my last job, in a development team of 4, 3 were left handed. -We always joked about how left-handers were superior ... I wonder what the -distribution is across the industry? Perhaps it could become part of the -recruitment process! Actually, there's a simple explanation. You see, hackers like to use EMACS, and many important keystokes in EMACS (ESC, ^X, etc.) are left-hand-intensive. For the humor-impaired: :-) :-) :-) -- Jeff d'Arcy, Generic Software Engineer - jdarcy@encore.com Nothing was ever achieved by accepting reality