Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!137.226.231.214.MISMATCH!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!border2.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:34:04 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:34:01 +0000 From: lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> Organization: Trollbusters 3 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120410 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Final Fantasy 2 based game source code References: <171686ae-5239-4502-9ef3-65a68e8a1a1d@googlegroups.com> <514a53c7$0$32110$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <-6CdnQWhMbch89bMnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@bt.com> Lines: 58 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-oGfdM29w2gx1Snl/ZRrui1k356CLgf2CSOYZsLJIjnbm7dH6xPdJ4NeLSXVZQqhlahgBDgnBKh82YcG!Kr/qz/0wNNAqB2yVll78Paoik0etqtn1k96oeiU7eCIxg7un3sgr+2KIlLzuGS/XWQpo3rp5bRA= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3448 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:23041 On 21/03/13 19:29, Lew wrote: > Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> Lew wrote: >>> Fredrik Jonson wrote: >>>> It isn't my code. I don't know who the original poster is, and I'm not >>>> familiar with his projects. I just had to call out on Lew's tone. [snip] >> "clumsy programming" > > Clumsy: going through many steps in a way that obscures the logic, as opposed > to few steps that express the logic. > > Not colorful, technical. No, clumsy is not a technical term it's pejorative. [snip technobabble] >> "nasty variable name" > > Nasty in that it promotes error, diminishes readability and opposes the Java Coding Conventions. > > Again, technical. No, nasty is not a technical term it's pejorative. >> Communication is an important part of software development. > > Maybe instead of scolding me you should focus on providing help. > >> Good communication includes using precise well defined terms for >> clarity and terms that does not offend people and by that move >> attention from substance to form. > > Good pedagogy is to provide memorable and accurate memes and tropes. A meme is a self-replicating mutable phenomena, a meme by definition cannot be accurate ... a meme can be memorable but the memory is of a transient state that exists, again by definition, transiently. meme is a technical term. A useful trope is a metaphor :-) a metaphor uses analogy to express a concept by association. the accuracy of a metaphor is subjective and the memory of a poor a poor analogy can be difficult to shift if not explicitly corrected. trope is a technical term. clumsy, nasty and the other pejorative terms you used in your response are neither meme nor trope. So what is your point. lipska -- Lipska the Kat©: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun