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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rude</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis.html" title="rubber-hose cryptanalysis"/><link rel="next" href="runes.html" title="runes"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rude</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="runes.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rude"/><dt xmlns="" id="rude"><b>rude</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. (of a program) Badly written.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Functionally poor, e.g., a program that is very difficult to use
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because of gratuitously poor (random?) design decisions. Oppose
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<a href="../C/cuspy.html"><i class="glossterm">cuspy</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Anything that manipulates a shared resource without regard for
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its other users in such a way as to cause a (non-fatal) problem. Examples:
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programs that change tty modes without resetting them on exit, or windowing
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programs that keep forcing themselves to the top of the window
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