Answer by Martijn Pieters for The purpose of the etymology tag
Thank you for bringing that tag to our attention! It's existence does not mean that questions about etymology of programming terms are on-topic.In fact, all 22 posts with the tag are off-topic; I've...
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The fact that someone created a tag about something doesn't mean that that thing is on topic.Etymology questions are not on topic on SO.
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I recently posted a question: Signals and Slots: Etymology of "slots". This question was closed as off topic because it "wasn't a programming question." However, as documented in the edit I made to the...
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