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Re:Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” by nicioan on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @01:49PM (#33613267)
nit: type actually originates from the Greek word τύπος https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/τύπος (Google definition‘s origin based on oxford dict also confirms that).
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Re:Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” by hprotagonist on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:00AM (#33622257)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/type

it’s correctly attributed, just one hypertext layer deeper

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