Subject | Re: (unknown) |
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Author | csswa |
Post date | 2002-08-07T11:40:31Z |
--- In ib-support@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
Regards,
Andrew Ferguson
** 1. n. An unpleasant substance. The dust that gathers under your
bed is cruft; the TMRC Dictionary correctly noted that attacking it
with a broom only produces more. 2. n. The results of shoddy
construction. 3. vt. [from `hand cruft', pun on `hand craft'] To
write assembler code for something normally (and better) done by a
compiler (see hand-hacking). 4. n. Excess; superfluous junk; used
esp. of redundant or superseded code. 5. [University of Wisconsin] n.
Cruft is to hackers as gaggle is to geese; that is, at UW one
properly says "a cruft of hackers".
> Umm..not quite...I killed the poll and invited Andrew to run hispolls in
> the IBDI list.Apologies to all for the perceived 'cruft'** in the list.
Regards,
Andrew Ferguson
** 1. n. An unpleasant substance. The dust that gathers under your
bed is cruft; the TMRC Dictionary correctly noted that attacking it
with a broom only produces more. 2. n. The results of shoddy
construction. 3. vt. [from `hand cruft', pun on `hand craft'] To
write assembler code for something normally (and better) done by a
compiler (see hand-hacking). 4. n. Excess; superfluous junk; used
esp. of redundant or superseded code. 5. [University of Wisconsin] n.
Cruft is to hackers as gaggle is to geese; that is, at UW one
properly says "a cruft of hackers".