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I've heard the same but with 'becomes' rather than 'gets'. I think becomes works better for people with a mathematical background, where the concept of variable
by rocqua 9y ago
I've heard the same but with 'becomes' rather than 'gets'.
I think becomes works better for people with a mathematical background, where the concept of variables is totally natural. For people without this, 'gets' might be better because it helps anthropomorphize the variable. The coder 'gives' X a value to hold.
- Retra 9y agoPeople with a mathematical background should be thoroughly familiar with words having overloaded and jargoned up meanings. Fiber Bundle, group, set, relation, etc... They all mean something different when you're not talking about mathematics, and '=' is no different.
- DubiousPusher 9y agoIf you're speed reading some code 'becomes' is a bit of mouthful.
- rhaps0dy 9y agoDo you mouth the name of operators when you read code? Like most people I do make the words sound in my head when reading text but only the variable names make sounds when reading code.
- DubiousPusher 9y agoI'm a bit of a mutterer but it depends on my mood I think.