Re: Duck Typing?

[Rena <hyperhacker@...>]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 6:54 AM Lorenzo Donati
<lorenzodonatibz@tiscali.it> wrote:
>
> 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 intented!)
> 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/
>
>
> > --
> > Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com)
> > Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
> >
> >
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> -- Lorenzo
>

I've always found it a little amusing that a computer can contain many
different kinds of bugs at once:

- Bugs in the computer sense (software or even hardware defects)
- Insects
- Germs
- Spying devices
- Bugs Bunny?

English is such an interesting language.

-- 
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