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andreareina
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Ask HN: What are the “best” codebases that you've ...
According to Joel[1] it was originally about distinguishing variables that had the same type but had different semantics, e.g. a window's width (dx) vs its horizontal position (x). Both ints, but not really the same kind of data.
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https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/05/11/making-wrong-code-...
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[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/05/11/making-wrong-code-...