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Heh, this is fun. I learned a lot about functional programming while studying in Germany, so my first exposure to a lot of words was German. But they are mostly
by tekknolagi 6y ago
Heh, this is fun. I learned a lot about functional programming while studying in Germany, so my first exposure to a lot of words was German. But they are mostly small adaptations of the English terms (monad == die Monade) anyway.
Fun fact: the professor taught the whole lecture in German but wrote definitions in English on the board (while simultaneously speaking German).
- leipert 6y agoI found that a lot of theoretical CS terms, especially the ones established before the 60s/70s will still use the German terminology. Or if you talk about algorithms, language theory, etc. Compare that to newer concepts like distributed computing, HTML, etc. ⇨ Using English terminology