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When did programming become "coding"? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Serious question. We had a perfectly serviceable word, yet everyone decided to shift. Is it just that it's shorter to type?

If so, I feel for your colleagues trying to parse your code when all your variables use abbreviations.

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[–] AbelianGrape@beehaw.org 1 points 5 hours ago

In my personal experience, "coding" has been used as long as I can remember, but took over as the dominating term maybe 8-12 years ago.

I also prefer to say programming still. Coding sounds weird to me because it has its own separate (though certainly related) meanings.