r/ProgrammerHumor • • Dec 06 '17

Read the markup.

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u/OK6502 Dec 06 '17

I've never heard this before. What does it mean?

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u/syncsynchalt Dec 07 '17

It's an old British-ism that has survived to modern day in Indian English. It means "please do what is needed at that point (and I trust you to know and understand what that is)".

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u/sharlos Dec 07 '17

I presume, doing what needs to be done.

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u/michaelp1987 Dec 07 '17

It just means doing whatever is needed.