fear and loathing

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

fear and loathing
 n.

   [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing
   with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally
   {brain-damaged} but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or {COBOL}, or
   {EBCDIC}, or any {IBM} machine bigger than a workstation. "Ack! They
   want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing
   time!"

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

fear and loathing

   (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of
   dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are
   totally {brain-damaged} but ubiquitous - {Intel 8086s},
   {COBOL}, {EBCDIC}, or any {IBM} machine except the {Rios}
   (also known as the {RS/6000}).

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-06)

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