Right Thing

Right Thing

That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thingto use, do, say, etc. Always capitalised, always emphasisedin speech as though capitalised. Use of this term oftenimplies that in fact reasonable people may disagree. "What'sthe Right Thing for Lisp to do when it sees "(mod a 0)"?Should it return "a", or give a divide-by-0 error?"

Opposite: Wrong Thing.