At 10:22 2017-02-17, Richard Kaye rkaye@invaluable.com wrote:

I prefer to think of it as the ability to interactively test without having to engage in some sort of code/compile/debug/repeat cycle. If that's the definition of a kludge then I guess the answer is yes. Or you could go with Ted's more elegantly stated reply.

I think your definition is too elegant to be a good definition for "kludge". <BEG>

(During my computing degree, in one English class, we were required to write up and present a technical term. My classmates chose such things as "cookie". I picked "kludge".)

Well, when you have to experiment, it often is somewhat of a kludge. Yes, I do like being able to do that quickly (i.e. without a compile and link). I still use GW-BASIC for that on some problems. You can clean up later, but sometimes, later is not needed, especially for one-offs.

Happy Friday to you, too, Gene. :-)

Thank you.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko