Does it bother you when programmers use the word "Arguments" and "Parameters" interchangeably ?

Comments

[Davide de Paolis]

I never bothered myself in what I am using... Actually I never really paid too much attention to that. I think I use params all the time.
Always considered them kind of the 2 faces of a medal. Does it really make a difference how we call them?

Anyway. Checkbox "today I learned" ticked! Thank you :-)

[Ashraf kvt]

This one sounds very familiar

[OpenReplay Tech Blog]

My own mnemonic: "Parameters are Potential, Arguments are Actual".

[Jason F]

I am guilty of doing this 😒

[Bek Brace]

Me too, my friend :D

[Guilherme]

this thought always hits me when I say one of them, thinking if it should be the other one haha but thanks to this discussion, I've learned the correct definition.. Now maybe I won't get it wrong so much

[Bek Brace]

Great ! And you're not alone with this problem hehe

[Vicente Aranda]

I used to get confused a lot when started to learn web dev. I also had problems with HTML attributes and JS properties as I didn't know which meant what 😅

[Djilou]

Nah that's fine am more bothered when a manager tries to debug something and start telling you that it's simple using some obsolete terms

[Satyam Rajvanshi]

No not really

[cyph3r57]

it doesn't bother me, but sometimes it can generate misunderstandings

[Ben Sinclair]

TIL "_argv" is short for "parameter value". Got it.