bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) (03/12/85)
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?"
dharris@watarts.UUCP (Dave Harris) (03/14/85)
> 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. Around here, we still use the term "quick and dirty". However, when something is really quick and really dirty, it's called "sleazy but cheap"!!!!! -- - Dave Harris, Arts Computing Office University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada