I believe that semantics matter. I do realize not all semantics matter equally. But, still: semantics matter. It’s disappointing when otherwise intelligent people seem to dismiss something simply because they feel it’s just semantics. Let’s talk about this.
I just recently had a conversation with some testers who pulled out the old “don’t want to spend this much time on semantics” card. Even though we had spent, at that time, a grand total of about thirty seconds on the topic. It was extremely disappointing to me, particularly in testers, because, in my view, good testers should have a healthy respect and tolerance for discussing semantics.
We already know that one of the two hard things involves naming things and Michael Bolton has already done a good job dismissing the “it’s just semantics” response.
So instead of me rehashing all that, let’s take a little trip down the rabbit hole.
