From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2025-12-02 18:55, Michael S wrote:   
   >   
   > I never used Western European keyboard, so probably don't understand   
   > something very basic.   
      
   Yes. (So it's probably useless to discuss that then [with you].)   
      
   > Suppose, you use Greek/Latin keyboard (or InScript/Latin, or   
   > Cyrillic/Latin, or Hebrew/Latin, Arabic/Latin, Thai/Latin,   
   > Vietnamese//Latin, etc ...). When you right code, you just switch the   
   > keyboard layout from Greek to English (US) or English (UK). It's easy.   
      
   The switch is [technically] easy. The point is that there's also   
   quite some differences, where keys are largely or only slightly   
   on other positions, both are obvious source of typing mistakes.   
      
   (I'm certainly not schizophrenic enough to have my muscle memory   
   be able to switch seamlessly.)   
      
   > Tens of millions of programmers do it all the time, instinctively.   
      
   (Ah, here we have the "Tens of millions of programmers" again!   
   Is that you, bart? - Ah, no; it's Michael S this time.)   
      
   Switching layouts while being aware of all the differences then?   
   And having a muscle memory that is capable of acting on the subtle   
   as well as the serious differences? - I seriously doubt that!   
      
   > Why Western Europeans can't do exactly the same?   
      
   (Now you're getting on a cultural prejudice (or racist?) track.)   
      
   > Just because their   
   > native scripts are also Latin-based? To me it does not sound as a   
   > meaningful reason :(   
      
   I think your initial sentence is the best insight of you to know   
   whether to contribute on that or not. I suggest to you to abstain   
   from it. Thanks.   
      
   Janis   
      
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