When did programming become "coding"? (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Serious question. We had a perfectly serviceable word, yet everyone decided to shift. Is it just that it's shorter to type?

If so, I feel for your colleagues trying to parse your code when all your variables use abbreviations.

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[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I see what you mean now, you were talking about what words people use, not whether the definition of the word program applies to something.

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