Second-system effect.
Related:
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OS/360... - software bloat n.
The results of second-system effect
or creeping featuritis.
Commonly cited examples include ls(1), X, BSD, Missed'em... - God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more
that you try to find success,
the more that you will fail. -- Phil Ochs, on the... - sun-stools n.
Unflattering hackerism for SunTools,
a pre-X windowing environment notorious in its day... - software bloat: n. The results of {second-system effect} or
{creeping featuritis}.
Commonly cited examples include `ls(1)', {X}, {BSD}... - elephantine adj.
Used of programs or systems that are both
conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on
brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy
monstrosity.
See also second-system effect and baroque... - sun-stools: n. Unflattering hackerism for SunTools,
a pre-X windowing environment notorious in its day... - second-system effect n.
(sometimes, more euphoniously,
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the... - second-system effect: n. (sometimes, more euphoniously,
`second-system syndrome') When one is designing the...
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