tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post444755617702301787..comments2023-12-06T00:17:28.519-08:00Comments on Creative Chaos: You keep using that word ...Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05956714498778698672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post-11281251705559446162008-01-30T11:18:00.000-08:002008-01-30T11:18:00.000-08:00In any area where people are to some extent figuri...In any area where people are to some extent figuring out what they need to do as they go along (like software dev), there aren't going to be clear-cut, ready-made, and widely agreed upon terms for everything. Words are used without scrutinizing their applicability too closely, and this creates the confusion you describe, imho. <BR/><BR/>I might argue that "tests" to help with the construction process aren't *really* tests. 'Experiments' might be a better word. But they seem enough like tests that people are going to call them that.<BR/><BR/>I said I might argue that because it's hair-splitting over confusion and not realy here nor there... But I definitely appreciate the confusion you point out. That said, I think words of clarification, like your post, are the only way to clear this confusion up. There is a tendency to want to define and enforce specific meanings of terms, but that really doesn't work any better, it's just more heavy handed...<BR/><BR/>CharlieUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564563110645811625noreply@blogger.com