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Article #15586Re: kludge
From: dlc
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1987 17:41
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1987 17:41
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From the examples of seen of what people call kludges, I'd say the short definition is "an inelegant patch which causes a failing object to begin working." For a lawn mower, it might be baling wire to hold the carburetor on. For a program, it might be defining a flag to keep track of whether an early exit from a path should be taken. It surprised me a little that the U. S. Navy was mentioned as originating the use of kludge in English, since the Navy teaches its officer candidates that such a beast is called a "jury-rig."
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!hc!beta!dlc From: dlc@beta.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: kludge Message-ID: <4077@beta.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 12:41:45 EST Article-I.D.: beta.4077 Posted: Wed Apr 15 12:41:45 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 06:26:45 EST References: <465@dewey.cvedc.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M. Lines: 10 Summary: an inelegant fix, but the Navy teaches use of "jury-rig"