this is awesome, thanks!
Comment on When did programming become "coding"?
marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Code was in use relating to the set of instructions used to control a computer in 1946; with it becoming a verb by 1986. Programming was from 1945 as a first use in regards to computers; meaning "cause to be automatically regulated in a prescribed way.
Now the funny thing is the noun ‘Program’ in regards to computers in 1945 meant “series of coded instructions which directs a computer in carrying out a specific task”
So if we really work through the etymology a bit, coded instructions was first, then Program/ming, then Code and coding; though certainly ‘encoding’ would have been used before programming given the definition of ‘coded instructions.’
So… Blame Ada Lovelace for not coming up with something catchy like ‘lacing’ which would have been far more camp (and much more accurate to the gender of early programmers).
orionsbelt@midwest.social 1 week ago
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
And be grateful that we didn’t start calling is “apping”, even though the term “program” is effectively extinct these days.
Jack@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
For me apps are things that are fullscreen-only (on phones, Windows 8 apps, GNOME 3+), while programs are small CLI things or complex ones with discoverable GUIs where you have more control over the UI and placement.
I don’t use tiling window systems - would they by the above definition make programs something in-between?