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How the author failed to explain this abbreviation is beyond me. Who in their 50s doesn't know that you spell out important concepts and key terms, then shorten
by jgdx 10y ago
How the author failed to explain this abbreviation is beyond me. Who in their 50s doesn't know that you spell out important concepts and key terms, then shorten them in parentheses?
- PlugTunin 10y agoSTFU.
- sctb 10y agoPlease comment civilly and substantively on HN or not at all.
- to3m 10y agoMaybe it didn't occur to him that people wouldn't know what it is. If you were writing an article about programming, would you explain what BASIC stands for?
- Jaruzel 10y agoNo of course not, everyone knows it stands for 'Badgers Are Super Intelligent Creatures'. :) (Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code... which now I type it out, obviously cheats. From here on, it shall be known as BAPSIC.)