Comment by teddyh

Comment by teddyh 18 hours ago

5 replies

> New problem sets not covered by the garden path come up all the time.

I believe the appropriate term is “happy path”, not “garden path”.

QuercusMax 18 hours ago

The idiom "garden path" typically refers to a misleading path, as in "He led me down the garden path" (to take advantage). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence.

  • teddyh 17 hours ago

    Yes, I know. This is why the term “garden path” does not fit in that sentence.

    • QuercusMax 17 hours ago

      I was yes-anding you, not no-butting.

      • teddyh 17 hours ago

        I see. You could have made that more clear by prepending something like ”For those who don’t know,” to the start of your comments.

        • QuercusMax 12 hours ago

          shrug I thought it was pretty clear from the context that I was expanding upon your point, but I'm not interested in starting flame wars about this.