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Originally Posted by xyzone
That's interesting. So then what are the the kana keyboard styles used for, programming?
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No, programming is done in the same programming languages used outside of Japan - so there is pretty much no place for Japanese to begin with.
From my understanding, it`s a holdover from years and years ago, from back in the word processor days. People who learned to type in the late 70s ~ 80s apparently learned on the kana input system. But it has a lot of shortcomings, and is really awful for people who program (as you can`t use it) so IME and romaji became the norm.