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Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit... by zem on Sunday February 27, 2011 @09:39AM (#2267887)
i think he meant it in the context of the long function names really making a difference when you have to tap each character out in morse code with your knee.
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Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit... by unwind on Thursday March 03, 2011 @06:24AM (#2283600)
Ah, good point of course. For that reason, I really hope he used some kind of completion in the IDE/editor.
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Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday February 27, 2011 @04:20PM (#2268999)
>"long function names really making a difference when you have to tap each character out in morse code with your knee"

I wonder if he did or if he shorthanded them and used find+replace?

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