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Not that you're wrong, but it's a deep and pervasive concept in mathematics, and the field of computing is closely connected to mathematics in general. It's sor
by alanbernstein 7y ago
Not that you're wrong, but it's a deep and pervasive concept in mathematics, and the field of computing is closely connected to mathematics in general. It's sort of a namespace collision.
- heleninboodler 7y agoOk, but the same arguments could be made about the terms "refactor" and "plane" (as in control-plane/data-plane) but we seem to manage to cope with the overload.
- alanbernstein 7y agoOn one hand, you're right. On the other hand, English is basically never consistent, so why should this be an exception?
- heleninboodler 7y agoThis isn't an argument about consistency. It's an argument about whether overloaded terms are acceptable. If you want to argue that terms shouldn't be consistent that's an entirely different (and entirely bizarre, IMO) discussion.
- alanbernstein 7y agoSorry, that was just meant as a dumb joke.