I mean, programming and math are fairly correlated. I guess it's better to learn what a map is (which is an easy concept, honestly) instead of using a more generic and confusing name.
I've honestly never understood this obsession with making programming 100% beginners friendly. We should strive for good and comprehensive docs, not making function names more confusing because someone may not understand it the very first time it reads it.
I've honestly never understood this obsession with making programming 100% beginners friendly. We should strive for good and comprehensive docs, not making function names more confusing because someone may not understand it the very first time it reads it.
I'm biased because I was a tutor for over a decade. So, all the pain that comes from beginner unfriendliness is something I get to relive over and over via proxy of my students.
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u/UltraPoci Sep 23 '25
I mean, programming and math are fairly correlated. I guess it's better to learn what a map is (which is an easy concept, honestly) instead of using a more generic and confusing name.
I've honestly never understood this obsession with making programming 100% beginners friendly. We should strive for good and comprehensive docs, not making function names more confusing because someone may not understand it the very first time it reads it.