>From the Jargon Lexicon (4.2.0), http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/:
cruft /kruhft/
[very common; back-formation from crufty] 1. n. An unpleasant
substance. The dust that gathers under your bed is cruft; the TMRC
Dictionary correctly noted that attacking it with a broom only
produces more. 2. n. The results of shoddy construction. 3. vt. [from
`hand cruft', pun on `hand craft'] To write assembler code for
something normally (and better) done by a compiler (see
hand-hacking). 4. n. Excess; superfluous junk; used esp. of redundant
or superseded code. 5. [University of Wisconsin] n. Cruft is to
hackers as gaggle is to geese; that is, at UW one properly says "a
cruft of hackers".
-Steve Karmesin
Kent Budge writes:
>
> Steve Karmesin wrote:
> > compiler. With that point of view, C++ templates are crufty as hell.
> ^^^^^^
>
> "Crufty" ... can't find that one in my unabridged dictionary of the
> English language. Not that it's hard to infer the meaning from the
> context. But before I adopt this useful-looking word for my own use,
> please give a solid definition and warn me about any vulgar, profane,
> or obscene connotations.
>
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