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When did programming become "coding"?
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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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And be grateful that we didn't start calling it "apping", even though the term "program" is effectively extinct these days.
For me apps are things that are fullscreen-only (on phones, Windows 8 apps, GNOME 3+), while programs are small CLI things or complex ones with discoverable GUIs where you have more control over the UI and placement.
Don't know what tiling window systems would make programs by the above definition.