At the very least, &/* are in the same place on many keyboards, I've been bitten by muscle memory many times going back and forth between us/uk/fr keyboard layo

At the very least, &/* are in the same place on many keyboards, I've been bitten by muscle memory many times going back and forth between us/uk/fr keyboard layouts. For reference, it's above the ' and between the ;: and #~ keys on my current board, rather than on shift-2 (where " lives). Maybe this would have stayed consistent worldwide, if it was used in c.