Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”?
by mcphage on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:29PM
(#15162994)
> doesn't mean it should become mainstream usage
Perhaps, but what I'm arguing is something slightly different: that the idea "literally used to only mean literally but recently it started being used to mean figuratively" is a myth.
Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”?
by dhimes on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:30AM
(#15168090)
You are correct. I am whining about something like that happening, and noting that while correct its use (obvious hyperbole) is subtle and not one that many who use it that way pick up on.
Perhaps, but what I'm arguing is something slightly different: that the idea "literally used to only mean literally but recently it started being used to mean figuratively" is a myth.