On Aug 16, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Mike Alsup wrote:
Another thought would be to embrace and use the terms that are popular today. Names change, even when the ideas remain the same. You can't fight that. This is nothing unique to software engineering, it's just human nature.
I absolutely agree. In fact, I'd bet that the software engineering lexicon is much less subject to change than English in general. Non- specialized vocabulary changes not only through time but also through region, culture, and nation (consider lift vs. elevator, bonnet vs. hood, lorry vs. truck, hoover vs. vacuum, etc, etc.)
I can't tell you how many times my parents have said to me, "In my day, we used to call that...."
same here :-) Forgive me for gong off-topic here, but I thought I'd type up a few examples that immediately come to mind: valise, satchel, davenport, icebox. Does anyone under the age of 60 use any of these words?
--Karl _________________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com
