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Codesh Terminology
StavWasPlayZ edited this page Apr 14, 2026
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When discussing Codesh, the standard vocabulary of computer science has been replaced with more appropriate biblical terminology.
| Traditional | Codesh |
|---|---|
| Codesh source file | ספר |
| Line of code | פרק |
| Character position | פסוק |
| Parameter | מנחה |
| Library | תלמוד |
| Compile-time error | תועבה |
| Scope | עמוד |
| Package | ארץ מוצא |
| Traditional | Codesh |
|---|---|
| String | כתובים |
| Exception | חטא |
| Method | מעשה |
| Constructor | מעשה בריאה |
| switch | מחלוקת |
| case | צדיק |
| To throw (an exception) | גזר |
| Class | עצם |
| Interface | צלם |
| enum | מניין |
| Array | מסדר |
| static | כללי |
| Traditional | Codesh |
|---|---|
| Bug | יצר הרע |
| Debugging | להתגבר על יצר הרע |
| Programmer | יוצר |
| Translating foreign code to Codesh | להחזיר בתשובה |
| Compiling from Codesh to foreign code | להוציא בשאלה |
Codesh is designed philosophically to be a roleplay between yourself - the programmer, and literally God.
This is why you will many times see abominations (compiler errors) as if they were written by God himself, directed at you, the "other" Creator:
וְיַחֲזֶה ה' בַּסֵפֶר לֵאמֹר וְיִתְאַכְזֵב וּמְאַכְזֵב יִהְיֶה פֶּן־רָאָה כִּי הַיּוֹצֵר לֹא תֶּקֶן אֶת הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַשּׁוֹכֶנֶת...
Codesh terminology revolves around this fact as well.