Timeline for Can I use verb 'port' when I rewrite software code
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| Mar 13, 2016 at 15:49 | comment | added | Masked Man | I am not a native speaker either, but if a non-programmer knows what a programming language is, then they should be able to understand what port means in context. If they don't know what a programming language is, then it doesn't matter what word you use. :-) Although technically correct, I don't like the word translate used here, because it usually applies to translation across an abstraction (assembly code to machine code, for example). For some reason, convert also sounds odd in context, although I cannot tell why I feel so. | |
| Mar 13, 2016 at 14:22 | comment | added | Ruslan Garipov | Thanks! :-) I know that a programming-aware man will understand it because even I did, and I ain't a native speaker. But is it totally clear usage from the English language viewpoint? | |
| Mar 13, 2016 at 14:07 | history | answered | Masked Man | CC BY-SA 3.0 |