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Replace the terrible word "learnings" #60
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Thanks for putting this together! :) I think I prefer the originally suggested 'lessons' over 'knowledge'. What's your take, @Widdershin? |
This fixes #55, for the record. |
Thanks @eentzel, good work 👍 |
To me, this reads as respecting the immense body of work that precedes us, not re-inventing the wheel and doing due diligence to see what prior solutions have been considered for a problem.
Whereas this to me reads as respecting the fact that all those prior programmers have a lot of knowledge, which almost feels like an appeal to seniority. What do y'all think? Is there a word we can use in place of |
@Widdershin Were you thinking some more along these lines?
There is are graybeards who legitimately seem to know everything but there is also the story of Mel. |
Hmmm, still doesn't feel quite right. How about:
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I like that, @Widdershin — changed it in 44c0694. |
I'm getting an itchy merge-button finger. This looks good to me. |
Merged 😊 thanks for helping. |
I know this is late but for some reason I just got notification of this. It is important to understand that "lessons" is narrower than "learnings" or "knowledge". There are many things people learn or discover, many kinds of knowledge that aren't lessons learned. Is the narrower meaning the intent of this item? To me this oath item is one of the most important, and as you can see from my comment here I had read it with a broader meaning than "lessons learned". |
Not in this context. 'Learnings' is a recent word derived in corporate settings from the archaic singular noun 'Learning'. Otherwise, the word lessons is used in the exact same way. It does not in any way limit the way those lessons were learned, and does not in any way imply a setting such as 'classroom lessons'. |
Pet peeve of mine, but this is a bogus word :)