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Quote #525 [It's A Disgusting Hack, But It's A Great Disgusting Hack.
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[It's a disgusting hack, but it's a great disgusting hack. -John]
-- john levin
[comp.compilers, 1.jul 98, about an assembler-in-algol]
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That's disgusting, but funny.
College... what a *disgusting* place." -- An observant quote from BEANS BAXTER
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Velveeta is just another word for disgusting!
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It should be a ten-minute hack..." -- Former group head, 1987, quoted by Joh...
hack up vt. To hack, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
Contrast this with hack on. To `hack up on' implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system....
hack up: vt. To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
Contrast this with {hack on}. To `hack up on' implies a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system....
deep hack mode n. See hack mode.
There's nothing disgusting about it [the Companion].
It's just another life form, that's all. You get used to those things....