:dusty deck: n. Old software (especially applications) which one is
obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain ({DP} types
call this `legacy code', a term hackers consider smarmy and
excessively reverent). The term implies that the software in
question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used esp. when
referring to old scientific and {number-crunching} software,
much of which was written in FORTRAN and very poorly documented but
is believed to be too expensive to replace. See {fossil};
compare {crawling horror}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain ({DP} types
call this `legacy code', a term hackers consider smarmy and
excessively reverent). The term implies that the software in
question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used esp. when
referring to old scientific and {number-crunching} software,
much of which was written in FORTRAN and very poorly documented but
is believed to be too expensive to replace. See {fossil};
compare {crawling horror}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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- dusty deck n.
Old software (especially applications) which
one is obliged to remain compatible with,
or to maintain (DP types call this `legacy code'... - crawling horror: n. Ancient crufty hardware or software that is
kept obstinately alive by forces beyond the control of the hackers
at a site.
Like {dusty deck} or {gonkulator}, but connotes ... - crawling horror n.
Ancient crufty hardware or software that
is kept obstinately alive by forces beyond the control of the
hackers at a site.
Like dusty deck or gonkulator, but connotes that... - flag day: n. A software change that is neither forward-
nor backward-compatible, and which is costly to... - fossil: n. 1. In software, a misfeature that becomes
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A person (esp. a low-level bureaucrat or service... - retrocomputing: /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ n. Refers to emulations
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electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguration,
in which power is applied and the tester checks... - toolsmith: n. The software equivalent of a tool-and-die
specialist;
one who specializes in making the {tool}s with which...
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leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo... - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded.
The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or... - A camel is a horse designed by committee.
A brontosaurus is a salamander designed to Mil-Spec... - You may be redneck...
if you buy a new house & have to remove the wheels...
