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Jonathan Price <jonprice -at- AOL -dot- COM> writes:
[re warlike terms in computing, e.g., "kill the program," et al.]
> Do you see these terms disappearing, as engineers grow up?
If they disappear, it'll have nothing to do with engineers growing up.
It'll be because there's a layer between the engineer and the user --
a layer of marketing, human factors experts, whatever.
Engineers never grow up. That's axiomatic. It's part of their charm.
(sorry, it's been a looooonnnnng day :-)
kkh
Kelly K. Hoffman kelly -at- nashua -dot- hp -dot- com
Learning Products Engineer
Hewlett-Packard, Network Test Division "Reading the manual is
One Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062 admitting defeat."
