Thread: Thinking about terminology

Specifically this operator ( << ) and this operator ( >> ) otherwise properly known as Insertion and Extraction, respectively. My first programming teacher, a few semesters ago decided to use the terminology "put to" and "get from" for those operators when teaching the class. While the names are sensible given their operations, I was wondering if you'd ever heard that usage before, because I know I've used that to some very respectable programmers that I've met. Did I sound like an jackass using those terms?

I think BS uses the term "put to" in The Design and Evo. of C++ - I remember seeing it in there somewhere.

I could never get used to variations of "insertion" and "extraction", so I say (sometimes privately) that << is output and >> is input. Then you have the output operator and the input operator, and beginners have a much easier time of following you.