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I don't think that's all too uncommon for native English speakers. While pairing, I pretty regularly refer to chunks of code as "this guy" or "that guy". Maybe
by nborgo 11y ago
I don't think that's all too uncommon for native English speakers. While pairing, I pretty regularly refer to chunks of code as "this guy" or "that guy".
Maybe they picked it up from someone while learning English and it stuck with them.
- joshvm 11y agoThis is true, I definitely anthropomorphise my code, but it's usually to abuse it when it doesn't do what I want. e.g. "What the f'ing hell are you doing, function, you're not supposed to do that!"