[Olscore]

Sorry. I understand the sentiment behind this but disagree with advisory or demands to speak a certain way. It's blatant political correctness and nobody has an obligation to set another person's expectation regarding coding. In common vernacular we say something is easy as an attempt to encourage a person to continue. This would just be changing words in order to achieve the same goal. What difference does it make if some say it's easy and others say it's hard? Let the dynamic range of opinions be. Is it necessary to squash one opinion over the other in an attempt to soothe the struggling of a few newbies?

[mden]

I find meta-arguments like this really silly. You are simultaneously telling him that people are entitled to their own opinions while at the same time saying his opinion is invalid.

As to it being political correctness, I would argue that has little to do with it. It's really marketing - an attempt to change the perception of something to achieve some goal. No one's feelings are hurt when you say something is challenging (I guess unless you explicitly say challenging compared to what).