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0 pointsjerf1y ago0 comments

Any time you are communicating between multiple programming language communities, it is important to understand that they will have differing definitions for things, to extend grace to people trying to communicate across those barriers, and to not apply dogmatic definitions of terms that apply to the contexts you happen to be familiar with but are used differently elsewhere.

"Crash" is not a universally defined term and you will find there are plenty of communities that do not agree that "crash == OS process terminating".

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kiitos1y ago

For sure, yes. But terms of art, like "crash", generally have commonly-understood definitions. And the commonly-understood definition of the term of art "crash" is that it means OS process terminating. Not always! Not all the time. But in general, yes, that's what it means, to most people, most of the time.

jerfOP1y ago

This conversation we are having right now, and the other arguments in other comments, is itself the evidence that you are not correct, or if you prefer, correct enough.

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kiitos1y ago

jerfOP1y ago

This conversation we are having right now, and the other arguments in other comments, is itself the evidence that you are not correct, or if you prefer, correct enough.

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