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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by warble on Sunday August 15, 2021 @10:38PM (#28194460)
In theater you always specific 'stage left' or 'stage right' for the same reason, even though it's more syllables.
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by temp0826 on Monday August 16, 2021 @01:00AM (#28195076)
I've told my doctor that I had a problem with my passenger-side nostril before
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by xyzzy123 on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:16AM (#28195696)
One fun thing about this is that I have to guess what country you're in to know which side you mean.
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by lupire on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:46AM (#28198744)
The passenger side is where the booger is sitting.
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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by coldtea on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:34AM (#28196929)
It's still ambiguous.

"Stage left" as if I'm standing looking towards the stage from the audience, or looking from the stage towards the audience?

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Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2... by dboreham on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:14AM (#28198347)
No it isn't because the term was invented specifically to avoid this confusion -- it means "left from the perspective of the performer facing the audience".
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