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From: cw@vaxwaller.UUCP (Carl Weidling)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Definition:  Kludge
Message-ID: <769@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 11:38:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 20 11:38:34 1987
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In article <16745@sun.uucp>, klein@gravity.UUCP writes:
> In article <1736@im4u.UUCP> suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) writes:
> >Someone asked for a definition of "kludge," but I never saw the
  ...A little deleted as a sop for the post news program... -cw
> Here's something thrown into this discussion that might serve to help or
> confuse...  the word "klug" in German means "clever".
> --
> 	Mike Klein		klein@sun.{arpa,com}
> 	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	{ucbvax,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!sun!klein
> 	Mountain View, CA
There was a discussion of the etymology of "kludge" on the net awhile back,
seems some complex machines came from the German company Kluge.  Grad students
saw the name emblazoned on the equipment.
-cw