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right thing
(foldoc) | Right Thing
That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thing
to use, do, say, etc. Always capitalised, always emphasised
in speech as though capitalised. Use of this term often
implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree. "What's
the Right Thing for Lisp to do when it sees "(mod a 0)"?
Should it return "a", or give a divide-by-0 error?"
Opposite: Wrong Thing.
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-28)
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right thing
(jargon) | Right Thing
n.
That which is compellingly the correct or appropriate thing to use, do,
say, etc. Often capitalized, always emphasized in speech as though
capitalized. Use of this term often implies that in fact reasonable people
may disagree. “What's the right thing for LISP to do when it sees (mod a 0)
? Should it return a, or give a divide-by-0 error?” Oppose Wrong Thing.
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do the right thing
(czen) | Do The Right Thing,DTRT[zkr.] |
right thing
(foldoc) | Right Thing
That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thing
to use, do, say, etc. Always capitalised, always emphasised
in speech as though capitalised. Use of this term often
implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree. "What's
the Right Thing for Lisp to do when it sees "(mod a 0)"?
Should it return "a", or give a divide-by-0 error?"
Opposite: Wrong Thing.
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-28)
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right thing
(jargon) | Right Thing
n.
That which is compellingly the correct or appropriate thing to use, do,
say, etc. Often capitalized, always emphasized in speech as though
capitalized. Use of this term often implies that in fact reasonable people
may disagree. “What's the right thing for LISP to do when it sees (mod a 0)
? Should it return a, or give a divide-by-0 error?” Oppose Wrong Thing.
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