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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
by 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 agoAustralian living in England as a dev for 5 years. Never heard of "used in anger" in any context. Weird.
- branko_d 5y agoSerbian 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 agoAustralian 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 agoI'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.