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From: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Evolution of Computer Jargon
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 20:14:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 20:14:33 1985
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When I first started working in the computer industry, we never used the
word "kludge" to describe ill-conceived designs, even though the term
predated my entry into the field.  Instead, when we had to patch something
together in a way that would work but was otherwise unappealing, we referred
to this as a "quick and dirty" solution.

The usage of this term was fairly common, but slowly and imperceptably it
was supplanted with "kludge."  Now I never hear "quick and dirty" anymore.

I wonder if anyone else has noticed other changes, or can think of other
examples of obsolete computer jargon.
-- 
Bob Kaplan

"Where is it written that we must destroy ourselves?"