:wart: n. A small, {crock}y {feature} that sticks out of an
otherwise {clean} design. Something conspicuous for localized
ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule.
For example, in some versions of `csh(1)', single quotes
literalize every character inside them except `!'. In ANSI C,
the `??' syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign
environment is a wart. See also {miswart}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
otherwise {clean} design. Something conspicuous for localized
ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule.
For example, in some versions of `csh(1)', single quotes
literalize every character inside them except `!'. In ANSI C,
the `??' syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign
environment is a wart. See also {miswart}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- wart n.
A small, crocky feature that sticks out
of an otherwise clean design.
Something conspicuous for localized ugliness, especially... - miswart: /mis-wort/ [from {wart} by analogy with {misbug}] n.
A {feature} that superficially appears to be a {wart}... - miswart /mis-wort/ n.
[from wart by analogy with
misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a
wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing.
For example, in some versions of the EMACS text... - ASCII /as'kee/ n.
[originally an acronym (American
Standard Code for Information Interchange) but now merely
conventional] The predominant character set encoding of present-day
computers.
The standard version uses 7 bits for each character... - crock: [from the American scatologism `crock of shit'] n.
1. An awkward feature or programming technique that... - Classic C: /klas'ik C/ [a play on `Coke Classic'] n.
The C programming language as defined in the first... - splat: n. 1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for
the asterisk (`*') character (ASCII 0101010).
This may derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance... - feature n.
1. [common] A good property or behavior (as
of a program).
Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2... - JCL: /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely {rude} Job Control
Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution...
