Posted by Tony on 06/02/05 19:11

<chernyshevsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1117719711.603438.39110@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> At the end of the day, it just boils down to "echo" being easier to
> type than "print." Just look at the layout of your keyboard. Typing
> "echo" involves pressing [e] and [c] with your left hand, then [h] and
> [o] with your right. Typing "print" involves pressing [p] with your
> right hand, [r] with your left, [i] and [n] with your right, then [t]
> with your left.

You have to account for "muscle memory", too - I actually type "print"
faster than "echo", simply because I've been typing "print" for 27 years :)

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