[Novalug] Disparaging term for "premade program" used 30 years ago?

Jon LaBadie novalugml@jgcomp.com
Tue Feb 18 12:52:36 EST 2014


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:11:54AM -0500, Jameson Burt wrote:
> Thirty years ago, some programmers/statisticians would use 
> but disparagingly refer-to pre-made programs as one of
>    *** program 
>    *** software
>    *** package 
> Can anyone remember the disparaging *** adjective used?
> The adjective was descriptive, not vulgar.

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