• Drewmeister@lemmynsfw.com
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, we use gherkin, which is a variety of cucumber. Programmers name things weird. Java is a coffee bean and C is just a letter; they’ve just gotten big enough that people recognize them now.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        C is just a letter

        It’s the successor to B, which was derived from BCPL (“Basic Combined Programming Language”)

        Incidentally, C++ is a reference to how integer values are iterated in C. And then C# is a pithy take on C++ wherein you’ve stacked two rows of plus signs on top of each other.

        There’s often some rhyme or reason to these names.

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          21 hours ago

          I found this interesting, was there an A?

          Proceeds to go look it up while still hoping for your knowledge

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        3 days ago

        Have always personally seen Gherkin being used with Cucumber, as I believe that they’re two parts of the same whole, but I’m happy to be corrected if wrong :).

        My understanding is that Gherkin is the syntax used to write the scenarios / acceptance criteria, whilst Cucumber is the tool that interprets said scenarios and executes them as automated tests.