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  • Too bad the author had a sketchy PL professor. (Side note: The theory of programming languages is better developed across the atlantic.)

    Case in point: The so-called order of a function is a well-defined natural number. Languages are called higher-order when it is as facile programming with functions of order greater than 1 as with first-order ones.

    A pity if the author never gets a second chance at that knowledge.

    by throwway262515
  • working with AI for 3 months and now I'm having to use programming terms to get it going in the correct direction.
    by cyanydeez
  • IMHO understanding terms and concepts matters more than ever
    by dSebastien
  • > And it was a deep lesson that now feels too obvious: terms are simply created for understanding. That is what matters at the end of the day. This isn’t just about programming; sadly, we often go through fierce battles over a concept or a problem while not realizing that each of us has a different definition for it.

    Yeah, I think it’s interesting to think about programming in this way. At the end of the day, JavaScript is just a bunch of words someone invented and made a computer do something with, and you can also invent your own words to whatever you want too

    by anon7000
  • I felt this for a long time, but this helps me understand the challenge For instance, Autisim is a wide swath from what I know. Spectrum disorder makes more sense, but people not familiar with this treat Autism as true/false. Its so much more nuanced that that. Same goes for so many things as I get older. I agree with the author, take it easy when someone misuses a term that you hold a specific meaning to.
    by BrokenBuild
  • The mass de-skilling will continue, until Claude becomes unavailable.
    by rvz
  • The author will have an interesting interview experience when talking to HR and devs that actually care about programming terms as selection filter.
    by pjmlp
  • If “terms are simply created for understanding”, then why is their misuse so unimportant? Isn’t the whole point of a term’s use in understanding only obtained with the proper usage? Isn’t improper usage actually creating confusion and misunderstanding? Shouldn’t you care?
    by smugtrain

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