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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by swiley on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:31PM (#28193159)
The alternatives are left and right respectively. They're more clear because left and right are usually relative to the speaker or listener who may be facing each other and are often moving around.
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by noir_lord on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:23AM (#28197222)
Also the problem of right having another meaning.

“You want me to turn right, right?”

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by dllthomas on Monday August 16, 2021 @01:50PM (#28200829)
Or worse, "You want me to turn left?" "Right!"
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by noir_lord on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:44PM (#28202704)
"You want me to turn left? "Right" "Right right?" "No left".

After that Port/Starboard would make sense and I'd be chucking someone over one of them.

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