Timeline for Alternative to "minuend" and "subtrahend"
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| Dec 14, 2012 at 13:29 | comment | added | Phil | I'm all for helping the people around me to learn new things. While I would normally agree, I must say that when I develop software, I tend to try to make things as simple to comprehend as possible for maintainability reasons. 6 months from now, whoever is looking at the code is probably confused enough as is. If I can avoid putting the extra strain on his/her brain, I will. The same goes for when you're in "get things done" mode and don't have time to teach someone a new word. | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 11:11 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | +1. This was my immediate reaction as well. If the target audience doesn't know the word, how does not using it help with that? We learn a new word a day anyway. Might as well be minuend. | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 2:54 | history | answered | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |