"Nit" = "Minor point, almost not worth mentioning." Nothing I wrote would be interpreted by a native English speaker as rude. Perhaps you shouldn't assume someone is being rude to start.
Personally, I always try to refer to things by the proper names. If you are teaching C++, best to use the correct C++ terms regardless of what they're called in other languages. To clarify things for non-C++ readers, I would have written as expository note:
What are called "methods" in other object-oriented programming languages are called "member functions" in C++.
Oh sorry, the meaning I got from my online dictionary was something like "moron" or "cretin". I guess I overreacted, sorry again 😅
You got a point, I could have introduced it this way. I will think about update the article.
"Nit" = "Minor point, almost not worth mentioning." Nothing I wrote would be interpreted by a native English speaker as rude. Perhaps you shouldn't assume someone is being rude to start.
Personally, I always try to refer to things by the proper names. If you are teaching C++, best to use the correct C++ terms regardless of what they're called in other languages. To clarify things for non-C++ readers, I would have written as expository note:
And then used "member functions" thereafter.
Oh sorry, the meaning I got from my online dictionary was something like "moron" or "cretin". I guess I overreacted, sorry again 😅
You got a point, I could have introduced it this way. I will think about update the article.
Yes, "nit" is commonly short for "nitpick" — though I now learned it can also be used as short for "nitwit," but that's not how I meant it.