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I'm referring to the choice of words. E.g., I never heard anybody call their IDE/Editor/emacs setup casually "integrated developer environment".

• aguywithamum 12y ago
  I think it could also be for people that aren't programmers that may read the article. But, yeah, I've never heard anyone use the full name.
  • david 12y ago
    I don't think I've heard anyone at all call it an "Integrated Developer Environment", instead of "Integrated Development Environment".
    • aguywithamum 12y ago
      Oh, that's true! I hadn't even noticed the difference. I've never heard anyone use the phrase "integrated developer environment" either.
    • lucozade 12y ago
      Maybe it's implying that real programmers have some sort of cyberpunk synapse plugin
• vinceguidry 12y ago
  Could very well be the style guide at work here. If I had to write an article for public consumption, I would avoid techy acronyms as well.
  • astine 12y ago
    He could have said "code editor". I think everyone would have understood that and it wouldn't have sounded weird to programmers.