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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by totallykvothe on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:43AM (#43333608)
No. Ambiguous means that a statement has many possible meanings, not simply that something might be confusing.
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by jzackpete on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:59AM (#43333771)
that would imply the existence of an objective authority on the meaning of the statement, which is debatable
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by refulgentis on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:52AM (#43333705)
I'm a bit confused:

- It's not ambiguous because they mean $X.

- It is ambiguous because it has many possible meanings.

- It is not ambiguous because it has many possible meanings

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