Re: Duck Typing?

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 31/07/2018 16:53, Gavin Wraith wrote:
> In message <1034F4B2-8C0E-4373-836E-106FFF9AAE0F@gmail.com>
>           Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > On Jul 31, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Duct tape" sounds like a Chelsea pronunciation of "Duck type", if you are into UK accents.
> >
> > http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-09/msg00550.html
> >
> > ~10 years to the day :D
>
> Good lord, that is a shock! Loss of short term memory. I really had
> forgotten. Thank you for your patience.

You have all my sympathy!

During the years software developers have developed (pun intended!) 
quite a remarkable and peculiar sense of humor when giving name to 
something, like a new concept or technique.

Sometimes /it is/ somewhat difficult to grasp or remember for people 
coming from other scientific/engineering fields.

Although I've been programming since I was 13 (I'm 48 now) and I did it 
professionally for a part of my life, I still (albeit rarely) forget 
which is which in the SW dev zoo.

Some funny expressions off the top of my head:

bug [1]
shell (as command line interpreter/window)
duck typing
monkey patching
yoda conditions (if you don't know Star Wars saga you're lost!)
easter egg
eat your own dog food
to grok (an idea/concept)
spaghetti code
heisenbug
rubber ducking
to boot (a system)


[1] It's so widespread now that probably it doesn't sound funny anymore! 
But it seems it's origin may be this:
http://boussejra.com/2016/11/18/military-terms-in-computer-science.html

Some related (and fun) links:

https://www.businessinsider.com/20-hilarious-programming-jargon-phrases-you-should-know-when-talking-to-engineers-2012-7?IR=T

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/28-things-only-developers-will-find-funny

I can't remember exactly, but I once read something on these lines:
"Computer science and programming are a very young disciplines, so 
developers are like kids in a kindergarten having fun naming things in 
funny ways" :-D

BTW, not exactly related to terminology, but I stumbled on it while 
googling for the other links and it's fun:

http://pmstories.com/2009/07/08/funny-quotes-computers-programming/


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> Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com)
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Cheers!

-- Lorenzo