Good Thing n.,adj.
[very common; often capitalized;
always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful
to anyone in a position to notice: "A language that manages
dynamic memory automatically for you is a Good Thing."
2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may
save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code
from that shared library would be a Good Thing." 3. When said of
software tools or libraries, as in "YACC is a Good Thing",
specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a
programmer's work load. Oppose Bad Thing.
[very common; often capitalized;
always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful
to anyone in a position to notice: "A language that manages
dynamic memory automatically for you is a Good Thing."
2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may
save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code
from that shared library would be a Good Thing." 3. When said of
software tools or libraries, as in "YACC is a Good Thing",
specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a
programmer's work load. Oppose Bad Thing.
Related:
- Good Thing: n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if
capitalized.
1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position... - Bad Thing n.
[very common; from the 1930 Sellar &
Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] Something that... - Bad Thing: [from the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And
All That"] n.
Something that can't possibly result in improvement... - Wrong Thing n.
A design, action, or decision that is
clearly incorrect or inappropriate.
Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as... - Wrong Thing: n. A design, action, or decision that is clearly
incorrect or inappropriate.
Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as... - Right Thing n.
That which is compellingly the
correct or appropriate thing to use,
do, say, etc. Often capitalized, always emphasized... - Right Thing: n. That which is *compellingly* the correct or
appropriate thing to use,
do, say, etc. Often capitalized, always emphasized... - trap door: alt. `trapdoor' n. 1. Syn. {back door} -
a {Bad Thing}. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function'... - Bad and Wrong adj.
[Durham, UK] Said of something that
is both badly designed and wrongly executed.
This common term is the prototype of, and is used...
