hand cruft

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

hand cruft
 vt.

   [pun on `hand craft'] See {cruft}, sense 3.

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

hand cruft

   <jargon> (After "hand craft") To write something {by hand}
   that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing
   {assembly language} instead of using a compiler (see {hand
   hacking}).

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   (2006-01-19)