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.

[Graham Morby]

Not really - you should hear some of the names I've heard for curly braces

[Bek Brace]

that's a cool one, Nate ! :D

[lionel-rowe]

Is there ever a situation where there would be meaningful ambiguity between which one was meant? If not, why should it bother anyone?

[Bek Brace]

I use both terms interchangeably, and i feel dumb sometimes for doing that :D but after a while, i found out that it's not important at all as long as the code is working!

[Elliot Derhay]

I can get like that, although I try to keep it to myself and just use the correct terms when I'm talking about them. It's easy to forget this is just one of the many small things everyone needs to learn eventually, like literally every other concept and term.

[Zachary Perkins]

Wait... they're not synonymous?