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Old 07-10-2003, 07:39 PM
Arthur J. O'Dwyer
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Default Re: Readability vs. Typability


On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote:
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> :For(X,1,10)
> isp "This is a test"
> :End


For those who aren't familiar with the TI-83, the
above program takes about 34 keystrokes, comparable
to the C version.

On a real 12-key cell phone, you'd have to type a
bit more because you probably wouldn't get a single
key for each letter. (Incidentally, for those
non-Usanians here, is the mapping of letters to
numbers like this in other countries? Non-English-speaking
countries?)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PRS TUV WXY
(with Q and Z somewhere reasonable)

-Arthur

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