We don't know what the author tried to optimize. Maybe it was for the number of times the Shift key was pressed. Maybe it was for the author's convenience. Wha

We don't know what the author tried to optimize. Maybe it was for the number of times the Shift key was pressed. Maybe it was for the author's convenience. What we know is that the author did NOT optimize for: - efficiency of transmitted information - readers' convenience - ease of reading And this is the exact reason why it was so bad.