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Re:A pipe operator for JavaScript: introduction and use cases by rco8786 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:11AM (#30125979)
Not really in support for many reasons - but did nobody think about the difficulty of this syntax for even 2 seconds?

A shift + pinky reach for the | followed immediately by a shift + ring finger curl on the same hand? And tbh is is something developers are supposed to use frequently? No thanks.

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Re:A pipe operator for JavaScript: introduction and use cases by ReleaseCandidat on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:20AM (#30126045)
You do know that there are different keyboard layouts? `|>` is <AltGr> + <w> + <y> (no reason to lift the right thumb from <AltGr>) for me
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Re:A pipe operator for JavaScript: introduction and use cases by pie_flavor on Saturday January 29, 2022 @09:01AM (#30126336)
Not-inconvenient for some doesn't change inconvenient for most. Most keyboard layouts are based on the US's. I have the same complaint about -> as a method locator like PHP does.
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Re:A pipe operator for JavaScript: introduction and use cases by loopback_device on Saturday January 29, 2022 @09:17AM (#30126447)
Most keyboard layouts do not have symbols anywhere near the places they are on the US layout. Letters, yes, but not brackets, punctuation etc.
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Re:A pipe operator for JavaScript: introduction and use cases by davydog187 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @09:52AM (#30126724)
I do this every day in Elixir and it’s never been a problem. You get used to it
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