Re: Re: Re: My typing speed

I've found that, since I started using Perl, I tend to trip over my tongue when I speak -- my brain is going faster than I can talk. But I never "get ahead of myself" while typing code, which I find odd. Perhaps I can type an idea in code faster than I can speak an idea in words.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: My typing speed by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jul 21, 2001 at 13:52 UTC
Sounds like a dangerous symptom to me. You are now communicating with machines better than human beings :-) At least you always know where you stand with a computer. Still possibly worthy of quiet contemplation over a beer with some friends. cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply]
Re:..My typing speed...dyslexic viewpoint by Anonymous Monk on Aug 27, 2001 at 02:44 UTC
Im near the same level of dyslexia as your husband. The reason he code like a mad man but cant type(words) for crap is because we are able to visually see how the code works in our heads. This visualization is where we excel when compared to normal people. Since Im able to see how the code is being run in my head my hands amazingly reacts with the correct code with out me thinking much on the code but more on the how the code is working. It's pretty cool how the whole process works. And this seems to work jsut as equally when reading code (with a few exceptions depending on how complex the algorithms are). Just dont ask us to fully document what the program does. It can be done to an extent but it requires lots of advil and plenty of naps. (I get very dissoriented when writing and very tired too)	[reply]