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It's a health issue. Having people spend hours typing in programs is not good for their health.
by amichail 2y ago
It's a health issue. Having people spend hours typing in programs is not good for their health.
- aaronbaugher 2y agoFirst, who says it's not good for their health? Second, again, no one was "having" people type them in. People chose to do it because they wanted to. I guess there's no interaction so small and unimportant that you can't find someone somewhere who wants to make a law regulating it.
- billybuckwheat 2y agoWhy is this an issue in 2025? Are you someone whose health was negatively affected by typing in programs back in the 80s?
- JohnFen 2y agoIt didn't affect my health, and not that of anyone else that I knew of back in the day. Besides, nobody was forced to type anything in. People did it because they wanted to and enjoyed it. For many people, it was a large part of how they learned to program. If anyone had health concerns, they could easily just not type the programs in. I would have strongly objected to the notion of regulation about this because it would have effectively makes publishing source code in printed form illegal. Aside from ethical considerations, that would have been a tremendous loss to society in general.