> To be honest programmers have a habit of being very loose with language. I wish this weren't true. It's quite damning. It's less bad in a real-time conversa

> To be honest programmers have a habit of being very loose with language. I wish this weren't true. It's quite damning. It's less bad in a real-time conversation, with fast feedback about how well we're being understood. But it still hints that we don't have the concepts clear in our own minds.