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0 pointsRivieraKid12y ago0 comments

According to wikipedia:

In computer science, concurrency is a property of systems in which several computations are executing simultaneously, and potentially interacting with each other.

But it doesn't really matter, what matters is whether people understand each other, not whether they're using the "correct" words.

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rbanffy12y ago· 2 in thread

It worries me people when people think they understand each other while using the wrong words.

RivieraKidOP12y ago

If they really do understand what each other is trying to say, it doesn't matter much what words they're using.

What annoys me is when half of the comments is about form, not about substance. It's understandable, people (including me) love to correct mistakes of other people, but it still annoys me.

rbanffy12y ago

When people start misusing a word, it loses its original meaning. There is an avoidable period of confusion between the moment people start using word A to mean a subset of A and when everyone agrees A refers to a subset of what previously was A.

I like to avoid confusion whenever possible.

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