The other side of that coin is burdening users with a bunch of new terms to learn that don't link to existing human concepts and words. "Click to save the document" is easier for a new user to grok than "Flarg to flep the floggle" ;)
Seriously though, in the space of programming language design, there is a trade-off in terms of quickly conveying a concept via reusing a term, versus coining a new term to reduce the impedance mismatch that occurs when the concept doesn't have exactly the same properties as an existing term. Clinton On 8 May 2012 00:14, John Pratt <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem with programming languages and computers in general is that they > hijack existing human concepts and words, usurping them from everyday usage > and flattening out their meanings. > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
