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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Right Thing</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="RFE.html" title="RFE"/><link rel="next" href="rip.html" title="rip"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Right Thing</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RFE.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rip.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Right-Thing"/><dt xmlns="" id="Right-Thing"><b>Right Thing</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> That which is <span class="emphasis"><em>compellingly</em></span> the correct or
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appropriate thing to use, do, say, etc. Often capitalized, always
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emphasized in speech as though capitalized. Use of this term often implies
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that in fact reasonable people may disagree. “<span class="quote">What's the right thing
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for LISP to do when it sees
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"/>(mod a
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0)</span>? Should it return <b class="command">a</b>, or give a divide-by-0 error?</span>” Oppose
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