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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bug-compatible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bug.html" title="bug"/><link rel="next" href="bug-for-bug-compatible.html" title="bug-for-bug compatible"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bug-compatible</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bug.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bug-for-bug-compatible.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bug-compatible"/><dt xmlns="" id="bug-compatible"><b>bug-compatible</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly
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compromised by a requirement to be compatible with
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<a href="../F/fossil.html"><i class="glossterm">fossil</i></a>s or <a href="../M/misfeature.html"><i class="glossterm">misfeature</i></a>s in
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other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. “<span class="quote">MS-DOS 2.0
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used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice
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of / as an option character in 1.0.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bug.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bug-for-bug-compatible.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bug </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bug-for-bug compatible</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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