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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cruft</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="crudware.html" title="crudware"/><link rel="next" href="cruft-together.html" title="cruft together"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cruft</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="crudware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cruft-together.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cruft"/><dt xmlns="" id="cruft"><b>cruft</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/kruhft/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common; back-formation from <a href="crufty.html"><i class="glossterm">crufty</i></a>]
</p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> An unpleasant substance.
The dust that gathers under your bed is cruft; the TMRC Dictionary
correctly noted that attacking it with a broom only produces more. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The results of shoddy
construction. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> [from <span class="firstterm">hand cruft</span>, pun on &#8216;hand craft&#8217;] To
write assembler code for something normally (and better) done by a compiler
(see <a href="../H/hand-hacking.html"><i class="glossterm">hand-hacking</i></a>). </p></dd><dd><p> 4. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Excess; superfluous junk;
used esp. of redundant or superseded code. </p></dd><dd><p> 5. [University of Wisconsin] <span class="grammar">n.</span>
Cruft is to hackers as gaggle is to geese; that is, at UW one properly says
&#8220;<span class="quote">a cruft of hackers</span>&#8221;.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="crudware.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cruft-together.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">crudware </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cruft together</td></tr></table></div></body></html>