JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by clayshannon
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<h2>Intro</h2>
<p>In his play <cite>Romeo and Juliet</cite>, William Shakespeare had Juliet say:</p>
<em>What's in a name? that which we call a rose<br>
By any other name would smell as sweet;</em>
<p>Not to "dis" the Bard, but diction - what we call things - is very important. Abraham Lincoln made this clear in his famous riddle: <em>"If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?"</em> The correct answers is four (for a normal dog), because, as Lincoln explained, <em>"No matter what you call it, a tail is still a tail"</em> (or words to that effect).</p>
<h2>The Meat of the Matter</h2>
<p>So what about us "programmers"? Or are we "software developers" or "software engineers" or some other such thing?</p>
<p>I hold that all these attempts at defining our profession are misleading. "Programmer" makes people think we stand at computers flipping toggles, watching lights blink on and off. "Developer" has construction connotations - and most software creation doesn't have much in common with the construction process, unless you're talking about the
<a href="http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/">Winchester Mystery House</a>.; "engineer" makes me think either of a guy (they are almost always guys) with one hand on the brake, leaning out the window looking at the tracks ahead while wearing a stripey hat; or a fella with a protractor and pocket protector leaning over a giant map, or some such.</p>
<p>This naming dilemma makes me think of the erstwhile storied British band The Cream, a "power trio" comprised of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker (unlike most bands of the 60s, all members are still among us). Anyway, Mr. Baker recently asserted that Cream was a jazz band. That's a stretch, but I get his drift: they were experimental, and they were blues-based ... but, The Cream a jazz combo? I think Ginger is just trying to rewrite his personal history because he thinks Jazz is a more worthwhile form of music than rock...