He wasn't rude, he politely asked people writing articles to try to be more descriptive. However, in my decades in the industry, I've never heard of "Immediate

He wasn't rude, he politely asked people writing articles to try to be more descriptive. However, in my decades in the industry, I've never heard of "Immediate mode GUI" or "retained mode". Not once in 30+ years. I can't be that common.