Well, etymology is fun, but look, the post describes an early mechanism for incl...

nine_k on Nov 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do we call it “boilerplate code?”

Well, etymology is fun, but look, the post describes an early mechanism for inclusion of laid-out third-party content into a page! It's like having #include or <iframe> on a newspaper page from 1900.