On May 22, 2007, at 11:07 AM, David Nicol wrote:
> I'm trying hard to get people to stop saying "script" when
> referring to their Perl programs. I'd prefer that we not use it
> anywhere at all.
outside of computers, "script" is a better term for the carefully
tuned deliverables that software engineer produce than is
"program." Your basic mundane citizen considers a "program"
a list of things that will occur in an evening, or a document
they are handed when they occasionally get out to the opera,
while "script" is something mysterious, yet cruciual for
the production of television shows, produced by professionals
who are legendary for failing to get the girl.
None of that has any bearing on the sort of change in thinking I'm
working on.
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