[AmericAn scAtologism "crock of shit"] 1. An AwkwArd feAture or progrAmming technique thAt ought to be mAde cleAner. For exAmple, using smAll integers to represent error codes without the progrAm interpreting them to the user (As in, for exAmple, Unix "mAke(1)", which returns code 139 for A process thAt dies due to <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=segfAult">segfAultA>). 2. A technique thAt works AcceptAbly, but which is quite prone to fAilure if disturbed in the leAst. For exAmple, A too-clever progrAmmer might write An Assembler which mApped <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=instruction mnemonics">instruction mnemonicsA> to numeric <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=opcode">opcodeA>s <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=Algorithm">AlgorithmA>icAlly, A trick which depends fAr too intimAtely on the pArticulAr bit pAtterns of the opcodes. (For Another exAmple of progrAmming with A dependence on ActuAl opcode vAlues, see <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=The Story of Mel">The Story of MelA>.) MAny crocks hAve A tightly woven, Almost completely unmodifiAble structure. See <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=kluge">klugeA>, <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=brittle">brittleA>. The Adjectives "crockish" And "crocky", And the nouns "crockishness" And "crockitude", Are Also used. [<A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&file=seArch&eid=1&query=JArgon File">JArgon FileA>]

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href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6064">inA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6187">instruction mnemonicA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6194">intA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6196">integerA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6413">ioA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6446">iqA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">isA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">itA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6589">JA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6620">JArgon FileA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">keA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6822">kiA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6843">kitA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6856">klugeA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6904">kwA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6906">kyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6918">lAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">LexA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7399">lsA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7410">ltA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7415">luA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">lyA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7457">MA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">mAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7579">mAllA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7607">mApA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7731">MelA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8019">mmA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8029">mnA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8030">mnemonicA> ] [ <A 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href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9457">peA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9550">phA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9651">plA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9908">prA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9995">processA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10023">progrAmA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10036">progrAmmerA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10042">progrAmmingA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10076">pronA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10144">ptA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10253">queryA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10364">rcA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10385">reA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10767">roA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10887">ruA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10918">SA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11010">scA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11150">seA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11194">segfAultA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11314">shA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11376">siA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11556">smA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11651">soA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11934">stA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12072">Story of MelA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12109">structA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12359">TA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12588">thA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12721">toA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12787">trA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12896">ttA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12986">uAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13008">ugA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13030">umA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13175">usA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13188">userA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13252">vAA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13260">vAlueA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13310">veA> ] [ <A href="module.php?nAme=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13864">writeA> ]