Given Örjan’s extensive knowledge of programming languages, I was especially grateful that he was the first person to acknowledge that Mastering the Fundamentals has a lot of historical perspective that simply cannot be found on other books on the subject.
Correct usage is nothing to brag about. More experienced programmers actually may look unfavorably at technical writers who place an unusually strong emphasis on using terms correctly. There are more important things to think about. Who really cares if a term is used loosely? We are computer programmers, not doctors or lawyers. I agree. As your knowledge of computer programming increases, the importance of terminology diminishes. All that really matters is good interface design and a bug-free, efficient implementation.
