oktux@lemmy.worldtoProgramming@programming.dev•Are the characters used in syntax of most programming languages dependent on the keys of the standard keyboard or was the standard keyboard made specifically to allow programming with these keys?
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1 year agoALGOL-60 had its own keyboard (sort of): https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/16082/was-there-an-input-device-capable-of-entering-all-algol-60-symbols-with-correct
Good question!
The real answer seems to be “right” and “left”.
Source: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/174112