Well, as a hornist, I reckon my instrument of choice is a lot closer to a "vague pointing instrument" than to a keyboard instrument! Sometimes when I point it this way it goes the other way. In reality, it depends more on my lips etc. than on my fingers, of which I use four when playing normally. I am not average, I confess. :)
Tim Reeves David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote on 09/14/2015 02:23:15 AM: > From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> > To: Alexander Kobel <n...@a-kobel.de> > Cc: Tim Reeves <tim.ree...@tokamerica.com>, lilypond-user@gnu.org > Date: 09/14/2015 02:26 AM > Subject: Re: OT: Beauty of programming languages > > Alexander Kobel <n...@a-kobel.de> writes: > > > On 2015-09-12 02:17, Tim Reeves wrote: > >> > Am 11.09.2015 um 20:17 schrieb David Bellows: > >> > > Urs, I'd still like to see a poll or at least all the answers > >> > > collected and analyzed etc. > >> > > >> > I didn't intend to drop that poll idea. > >> > But I find this thread very interesting and also touching, andit should > >> > not be just buried in the mailing list archive. We should let it fade > >> > out and then see if we can give it a decent place somewhere. > >> > > >> > Urs > >> > >> > >> So far, in the small, non-random sample we have, it looks like the > >> average user's age is somewhere around 60. I guess you can teach old > >> dogs new tricks! ;) > > > > Well, another interpretation is that to be able to spend the amount of > > time required for using LilyPond, you need to be either retired or (by > > profession) really desperately in need for its specific feature set... > > Actually, it's more like if you're trying to teach old tricks, you > better look for old dogs. > > Text-based entry is an old trick in computing terms. It appeals to > people considering a keyboard as the principal means of input and who > think of a mouse primarily as the main enemy of punch cards. > > Now I'd like to think that this should generally make sense to the > average musician, given that a lot more people play pianos, organs, > flutes and other instruments with digital 10-finger input than, say > theremins or other vague pointing instruments. > > But I have to admit that bowed strings have quite a bit of analog input, > and a trumpet does not sport more buttons than the average mouse these > days. > > -- > David Kastrup
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