Boy if ever there was a word I wouldn't like to define it's "normal". It's not uncommon among the more computer literate people.
However, I would distinguish between serious developers and hobbyist developers. I tend to think - and I have no specific evidence for this, just gut feeling - that serious developers would tend to avoid anything which might cause odd unexplained and unrepeatable bugs. Those are hell at the best of times, so anything which might increase the odds would be out.
However, I would distinguish between serious developers and hobbyist developers. I tend to think - and I have no specific evidence for this, just gut feeling - that serious developers would tend to avoid anything which might cause odd unexplained and unrepeatable bugs. Those are hell at the best of times, so anything which might increase the odds would be out.