side-effecty

English

Etymology

side effect +‎ -y

Adjective

side-effecty (comparative more side-effecty, superlative most side-effecty)

  1. (functional programming, informal) Synonym of side-effecting.
    • 2026 October 12, Martin Odersky, 21:49 from the start, in Keynote: The End of Programming‎[1]:
      And then we complement that with a system, that we say, to do anything side-effecty you need to have a capability.
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