On 27/10/2021 11.21, Stefan Ram wrote: > r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: >> The Mental Game of Python - Raymond Hettinger (PyBay 2019) >> |What daddy does is make new words to make computers easier to use." > > BTW: It now also reminds me of: > > |What I Do > | > |I build paradigms. > |I work on complex ideas and make up words for them. > |It is the only way. > | > Ted Nelson (1937-) in 1998 or earlier > > , which might precede Raymonds talk.
Indeed, this is how we 'invent' jargon - a short-cut to enable subject-specialists (SMEs) to inter-communicate succinctly or more accurately. What really gets me into 'grumpy old man' mode, is the predilection for our TV folk to imitate their foreign peers, or to use their own jargon/slang in a public forum. Over the decades of my career I've listened (as politely as possible) to so many (so, so, many) ordinary-folk complaining that we computer-guys talk gobbledegook, and need to down-shift and explain things in ordinary language. Sometimes this is valid - there is no point in talking to my neighbors about "ternary operators" and certainly "walrus" would create complete misunderstanding. However, a public broadcaster to think it acceptable to use such (of their) terms as "presser" (Press Briefing, or is it Press Release?), only goes to show that IT people (without specific training in (public) communication) aren't 'that bad' after all! Programmers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your 0 - or your 1 -- Regards, =dn -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list