[Tutor] name shortening in a csv module output

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Fri Apr 24 13:24:59 CEST 2015


On 24/04/15 09:54, Alan Gauld wrote:

> numbers or other symbols so there were two sets of meanings to
> each pattern and a shift pattern to switch between them (which is
> why we have SHIFT keys on modern keyboards).

Sorry, I'm conflating two sets of issues here.
The SHIFT key pre-dated teleprinters from the typewriter. The
reason was the same: the physical carriage had to mechanically
shift up so that the second set of characters would be printed.

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