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For the other Americans, “used xyz in anger” means “used xyz in production”. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-fo

For the other Americans, “used xyz in anger” means “used xyz in production”. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-for-something https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in...

lgvld 5y ago
Thank you! ;-)
LAC-Tech 5y ago
Weird. I'm not British by I say "used xyz in anger" because I read lots of other programmers saying it. Had no idea it was regional, thought it was hacker lingo like "grok".
- madeofpalk 5y ago
  Australian living in England as a dev for 5 years. Never heard of "used in anger" in any context. Weird.
  - branko_d 5y ago
    Serbian living in Kazakhstan as a dad for the last 4 years. Heard it plenty of times before, but never in the context of computer programming. Weird. :)
  - josephg 5y ago
    Australian living in Australia for most of my life. I've heard "used in anger" lots of times. I can't remember when, or by whom. But its certainly a thing I've heard people say here.
- Tade0 5y ago
  I'm not an English native speaker and today I learned that I misinterpreted a lot of what was said to me in the past.
- depressedpanda 5y ago
  > thought it was hacker lingo like "grok". How is grok considered hacker lingo? I would think other people than hackers have read Stranger in a Strange Land.
marcus_holmes 5y ago
Had to explain "used in anger" to my German gf last week, as her boss had used it and she was confused about why he was angry with her code. It's surprisingly hard to explain the nuances of it.
throwamon 5y ago
I always assumed it was something like "I got so angry with a certain solution that I gave in and tried this other one".
mst 5y ago
Speaking as a british programmer, if a given piece of software hasn't made me yell expletives at the screen at least once, I probably haven't done something sufficiently non-trivial with it to count as "used in production" yet. But then again even by british standards I am unusually sweary when writing code.
- zbentley 5y ago
  Nope, you get it. Both you and GP are saying the same thing, I think.

lgvld 5y ago

Thank you! ;-)

LAC-Tech 5y ago

Weird. I'm not British by I say "used xyz in anger" because I read lots of other programmers saying it. Had no idea it was regional, thought it was hacker lingo like "grok".

madeofpalk 5y ago
Australian living in England as a dev for 5 years. Never heard of "used in anger" in any context. Weird.
- branko_d 5y ago
  Serbian living in Kazakhstan as a dad for the last 4 years. Heard it plenty of times before, but never in the context of computer programming. Weird. :)
- josephg 5y ago
  Australian living in Australia for most of my life. I've heard "used in anger" lots of times. I can't remember when, or by whom. But its certainly a thing I've heard people say here.
Tade0 5y ago
I'm not an English native speaker and today I learned that I misinterpreted a lot of what was said to me in the past.
depressedpanda 5y ago
> thought it was hacker lingo like "grok". How is grok considered hacker lingo? I would think other people than hackers have read Stranger in a Strange Land.

marcus_holmes 5y ago

Had to explain "used in anger" to my German gf last week, as her boss had used it and she was confused about why he was angry with her code. It's surprisingly hard to explain the nuances of it.

throwamon 5y ago

I always assumed it was something like "I got so angry with a certain solution that I gave in and tried this other one".

mst 5y ago

Speaking as a british programmer, if a given piece of software hasn't made me yell expletives at the screen at least once, I probably haven't done something sufficiently non-trivial with it to count as "used in production" yet. But then again even by british standards I am unusually sweary when writing code.

zbentley 5y ago
Nope, you get it. Both you and GP are saying the same thing, I think.