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		brandmeyer on Oct 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'amper... > "^integer" which is better than "int" I agree that it reads a little better. But as a small-handed person, it is unfortunately much more uncomfortable to type.

sureglymop on Oct 10, 2023 [–]

Honestly that fully depends on your locale and keyboard layout. So it really shouldn't influence programming language syntax design.

bmacho on Oct 10, 2023 | [–]

My computer has buttons, and characters printed on it. So I can't really change the distance between characters.

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