hacked up

jargon, programming Sufficiently patched, kluged, and

tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out

normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs

that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done

with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the

software may emerge better for the experience.

Contrast hack up.

[Jargon File]

(1996-08-26)