Timeline for Control flow vs. Flow control
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| Aug 1, 2020 at 20:57 | comment | added | Steve | @Hans-MartinMosner, well they could hardly do any worse than the linguistic muddle that already exists haha! On a serious note, a paucity of vocabulary has developed in computing, with many words for the same meaning, and many meanings for the same word. We will be descending to neanderthal grunts soon if we are not careful! | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 18:34 | comment | added | Hans-Martin Mosner | @Steve you're right, I guess IBM wouldn't hesitate to name it "cupboard" as well :-) | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 18:20 | comment | added | Steve | @Hans-MartinMosner, "Slight disagreement here: "flow control" is actually about the control of flow, and flow in that context typically means the flow of data" - yes, but that's also a completely different use of the word "flow"! The OP's main references (IBM and Oracle, which both have some considerable authority in the computer world) are both clearly referring to the flow of instruction processing, not a flow of data (or data flow). | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 16:54 | comment | added | candied_orange | @Hans-MartinMosner I need a flowchart to pick my Flow diagram | |
| Aug 1, 2020 at 11:30 | comment | added | Hans-Martin Mosner | Slight disagreement here: "flow control" is actually about the control of flow, and flow in that context typically means the flow of data. Flow control would be concerned with limiting or temporarily halting the data flow. Using the expression "flow control" in place of "control flow" would create confusion in most contexts except where participants have agreed on a "wrong" meaning (just as the could agree that it means "cupboard", which would make its use equally confusing to "outsiders".) | |
| Jul 31, 2020 at 23:29 | vote | accept | john c. j. | ||
| Jul 31, 2020 at 23:20 | history | answered | Steve | CC BY-SA 4.0 |