alt Hacker NewsDelta and offset mean the same thing — the difference between two amounts.
Delta is perhaps slightly more obscure outside of a math setting. Perhaps.
Delta and offset mean the same thing — the difference between two amounts.
Delta is perhaps slightly more obscure outside of a math setting. Perhaps.
I feel like choosing the synonym that happens to be one letter shorter when the operation is literally intended to track things in a way that's more conscise is about as "apt" as it could be!