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Early on, programming was considered secretarial work.
AdieuToLogic
> Early on, programming was considered secretarial work.

Incorrect.

Encoding a program was considered secretarial work, not the act of programming itself. Over time, "encoding" was shortened to "coding."

This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

eru
> This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

For some people some of the time. I don't think that's true in general.

0points
> This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

It is not.

brabel
It used to be widely seen as such. See for example Stallmanns latest post where he mentions that. Coder was not the same as programmer, it was the lesser half of the job. Nowadays the term has lost its original meaning.

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