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cargo cult
(encz) | cargo cult, n: |
cargo cult
(wn) | cargo cult
n 1: (Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian
cults that believe salvation will come in the form of
wealth (`cargo') brought by westerners; some ascribe divine
attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to
missionaries)
2: a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity,
and justice when salvation comes |
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cargo cult programming
(foldoc) | cargo cult programming
A style of (incompetent) programming
dominated by ritual inclusion of code or program structures
that serve no real purpose. A cargo cult programmer will
usually explain the extra code as a way of working around some
bug encountered in the past, but usually neither the bug nor
the reason the code apparently avoided the bug was ever fully
understood (compare shotgun debugging, {voodoo
programming}).
The term "cargo cult" is a reference to aboriginal religions
that grew up in the South Pacific after World War II. The
practices of these cults centre on building elaborate mockups
of aeroplanes and military style landing strips in the hope of
bringing the return of the god-like aeroplanes that brought
such marvelous cargo during the war. Hackish usage probably
derives from Richard Feynman's characterisation of certain
practices as "cargo cult science" in his book "Surely You're
Joking, Mr. Feynman" (W. W. Norton & Co, New York 1985, ISBN
0-393-01921-7).
[Jargon File]
(2002-05-28)
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cargo cult programming
(jargon) | cargo cult programming
n.
A style of (incompetent) programming dominated by ritual inclusion of code
or program structures that serve no real purpose. A cargo cult programmer
will usually explain the extra code as a way of working around some bug
encountered in the past, but usually neither the bug nor the reason the
code apparently avoided the bug was ever fully understood (compare {shotgun
debugging}, voodoo programming).
The term ‘cargo cult’ is a reference to aboriginal religions that grew up
in the South Pacific after World War II. The practices of these cults
center on building elaborate mockups of airplanes and military style
landing strips in the hope of bringing the return of the god-like airplanes
that brought such marvelous cargo during the war. Hackish usage probably
derives from Richard Feynman's characterization of certain practices as “
cargo cult science” in his book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (W. W.
Norton & Co, New York 1985, ISBN 0-393-01921-7).
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