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Re:A Short Story About SQL’s Biggest Rival by k1t on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:42PM (#24733020)
> QWERTY was intentionally designed to avoid jams

Minor quibble that this is not true (or at least strongly disputed).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-...

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Re:A Short Story About SQL’s Biggest Rival by cbsmith on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:12PM (#24733929)
I'm pretty sure the author was referring to the lore, regardless of what the truth might be. Otherwise they'd have had to present a much more detailed explanation.
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