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Ask HN: am i a "coder" or a "programmer"

2 pointsby yunusover 13 years ago
i can understand code very well regards less of which programming language it is.<p>some time i can't understand the algorithms<p>i like coding in scripting languages<p>i don't think of optimizing the code or efficiency of the code<p>i love open source project because i get to explore the code and get to know how that works<p>leave the comments please

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chrisackyover 13 years ago
If you have to ask, you are neither. &#60;/non serious answer&#62;<p>&#60;more serious answer&#62;<p>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.<p>I tell people that I am a coder.<p>&#60;/more serious answer?
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dkerstenover 13 years ago
IMHO 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?
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abrad45over 13 years ago
<a href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...</a>
stonemetalover 13 years ago
What 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.