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Re:The traits of a proficient programmer by matthewowen on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:46PM (#12300510)
Fun fact: the US Supreme Court says that for the purposes of trade and commerce, tomatoes are vegetables.
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Re:The traits of a proficient programmer by eyelidlessness on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @10:57PM (#12302225)
"Fruit" is a biological classification, "vegetable" is a culinary one. Tomatoes are both. "Fruit" also has a colloquial meaning which generally contrasts with vegetable, hence the discrepancy.
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