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Ask HN: am i a "coder" or a "programmer"
i can understand code very well regards less of which programming language it is.
some time i can't understand the algorithms
i like coding in scripting languages
i don't think of optimizing the code or efficiency of the code
i love open source project because i get to explore the code and get to know how that works
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- jester5 15y agoYes you are both..!! But your not a theoretical computer scientist..
- chrisacky 15y agoIf you have to ask, you are neither. </non serious answer> <more serious answer> At what point did we start creating such nonmenclature by which you are either one or the other. They aren't mutually exclusive, and by most accounts, 99.9999% they are the same. I tell people that I am a coder. </more serious answer?
- gamechangr 15y agoExactly right.
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- dkersten 15y agoIMHO programmer, coder and software developer are different words for the same thing. Do you write code, program a computer or develop software? Or are they actually the same thing?
- DanBC 15y agoA programmer create algorithms and structures but without using a specific language. Maybe using things like pseudo code or "Jackson Structured Programming" or etc. A coder will take the work of a programmer and turn it into usable, compilable, code written in a language. They are often the same person. Often the "programming" is done at the same time as the "coding".
- dkersten 15y agoYou are the only person Ive talked to who has such a strict definition for the terms. Everyone else seems to either use them interchangeably or has very loose definitions.
- stonemetal 15y agoWhat do you believe the difference between the two to be? In US English I am unaware of a difference between the two in either denotation or connotation.
- abrad45 15y agohttp://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...