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I think of "polyfill" as filling many different holes to make it so you can forget about the different cases (browser compatabilities in this case). A polyfill

I think of "polyfill" as filling many different holes to make it so you can forget about the different cases (browser compatabilities in this case). A polyfill pours concrete over a bumpy surface and makes its smooth. "Shim", to me, is essentially synonymous with monkey patch, i.e. something you shove in there to make something work- shoving a folded napkin under a table leg to make it flat is shimmy to me.

yareally 13y ago
> I think of "polyfill" as filling many different holes to make it so you can forget about the different cases (browser compatabilities in this case). A polyfill pours concrete over a bumpy surface and makes its smooth. Kind of like a façade then[1]? A shim would probably be synonymous with an (very informal) adapter. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facade_pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facade_pattern [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter_pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter_pattern