> that‘s how we always did it
... which, frankly, is a very good reason. Don't needlessly change something people are used to.
Why is the blinker control on the left side and the wiper control on the right side? Because that's what people expect.
... which, frankly, is a very good reason. Don't needlessly change something people are used to.
Why is the blinker control on the left side and the wiper control on the right side? Because that's what people expect.
In aircraft, where it matters a whole lot more that you don't confuse the various levers, the handle of the landing gear lever is shaped like a little wheel and the handle of the flaps lever is shaped like a little wing edge: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/22689
Typing "and"/"bitand" seems like the same sort of thing. It's a minor change, but it prevents errors.
'josefx is right in saying[0] these are still primarily hacks around encoding issues.
| meaning | what is | what should have been |
|---------+---------+-----------------------|
| && | and | and |
| &= | and_eq | bitand_eq |
| & | bitand | bitand |
| | | bitor | bitor |
| ~ | compl | bitcompl |
| ! | not | not |
| != | not_eq | not_eq |
| || | or | or |
| |= | or_eq | bitor_eq |
| ^ | xor | bitxor |
| ^= | xor_eq | bitxor_eq |
All my cars for the last ~15-20 years have had the indicator stalk on the left (i.e. same side as the gear stick), and the windscreen wiper/wash controls on the right, but I suspect that this might be a manufacturer-specific convention.
A quick bit of googled internet wisdom suggest Japanese brands tend to the right, European brands tend to the left, and EU standardisation has settled on left.
Strictly speaking, I would expect the indicator to be activated prior to commencing a manoeuvre, so would expect the two actions to not overlap.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=768151
:)
Unless this reason is causing bugs and security issues.