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stop over engineering (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

The meaning of words can change yes.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/words-that-used-to-mean-something-different

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    I understand it for normal words. But for an acronym? About a body of technical research? How are we supposed to refer to the thing that Fielding meant when he coined the term?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Lots of technical terms are used quite loosely I think. If you ask 10 people what a compiler is, or what functional programming is or what goes where on the OSI layers you’ll get different answers.

    It’s not practical but that’s the world we live in.

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