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Interesting. When I read "A as b", I read it as "A (represented) as B". Software as a service. Infrastructure as code. Diagram as code.
by m1keil 2y ago
Interesting.
When I read "A as b", I read it as "A (represented) as B".
Software as a service.
Infrastructure as code.
Diagram as code.
- ConspiracyFact 2y agoIn SaaS we’re really saying “A used as/for B”, not “A represented as B”. IaC fits your definition. I suppose that descriptive linguistics says that all of these contradictory uses are valid and their meaning is picked up through context. I still (stubbornly?) feel that my usage is a little more logical than others, though. “Starring Gene Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum”—this means that Gene Hackman portrays Royal Tenenbaum, not vice versa