Because language is rarely if ever prescriptive. It evolves organically and without much rhyme or reason beyond “because that’s how things went”. The fact that

Because language is rarely if ever prescriptive. It evolves organically and without much rhyme or reason beyond “because that’s how things went”. The fact that you think that software neckbeards, err, greybeards, are somehow exempted from that is a hilarious example of ‘tech exceptionalism’ brought to its natural conclusion.