On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:21:08 GMT, Eirik Bjorsnos <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Seems compatibility with existing 6-bit devices might have been the primary > concern: This also explains the placement of brackets, braces, bars, tilde etc. They would look visually similar on 6-bit devices: <img width="915" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/300291/220845393-de12301a-73e2-46fe-a6ce-ce101d0a2b3b.png";> ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12632
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