From e8937415bd48a74a7ee9063d0ad8b05fe1b4ad0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:09:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] More concise, less speculative --- entries/fascist.txt | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/entries/fascist.txt b/entries/fascist.txt index c692d0b..9061f42 100644 --- a/entries/fascist.txt +++ b/entries/fascist.txt @@ -2,14 +2,8 @@ fascist adj. 1. [common] Said of a computer system with excessive or annoying security barriers, usage limits, or access policies. The implication is that -said policies are preventing hackers from getting interesting work done. The -variant fascistic seems to have been preferred at MIT, poss. by analogy with -touristic (see tourist or under the influence of German/Yiddish faschistisch -). 2. In the design of languages and other software tools, the fascist +said policies are preventing hackers from getting interesting work done. +2. In the design of languages and other software tools, the fascist alternative is the most restrictive and structured way of capturing a particular function; the implication is that this may be desirable in order -to simplify the implementation or provide tighter error checking. Compare -bondage-and-discipline language , although that term is global rather than -local. Fascist security strikes again. (The next cartoon in the Crunchly -saga is 73-05-28. The previous one is 73-05-20. - +to simplify the implementation or provide tighter error checking.