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From: spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector)
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Subject: Re: Just cruftiness
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 16:02:00 EST
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Hello, 

As defined by "The Hackers' Dictionary:....

CRUFTY  [from "cruddy"] adj.  1. Poorly built, possibly overly complex.
	"This is standard old crufty DEC software".  Hence CRUFT, n. shoddy
	construction.	2. Unpleasant, especially to the touch, often with
	encrusted junk.	Like spilled coffee smeared with peanut butter and
	ketchup.  Hence CRUFT, n. disgusting mess.  3. Generally unpleasant.
	CRUFTY or CRUFTIE n. A small crufty object (see FROB); often one
	which doesn't fit well into the scheme of things.  "A LISP property
	list is a good place to store crufties (or, random cruft)."



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			send me some mail.  If I get enough requests I'll 
			post it to net.sources


				David HM Spector
				NYU/acf Systems Group
				Spector@nyu-cmcl1.ARPA
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