Meaning of kludginess | Babel Free

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The quality of being kludgy.

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“ALPHA-ASET checks for a non-quoted first argument. (Presently RABBIT does not allow for computed ASET variables. Since RABBIT was written, such computed variables have in fact been banned from the SCHEME language [Revised Report].) For simplicity, it also does not allow altering a global variable which is the name of a MacLISP primitive. This restriction is related only to the kludginess of the PDP-10 MacLISP SCHEME implementation, and is not an essential problem with the language.”

“The only challenge is the last item: routing messages to modeless dialogs. Naturally we want to do it automatically and invisibly so applications never see a difference between modal and modeless dialogs. Why should they be different? The message routing is just more Windows kludginess—but kludginess we can hide.”

“This is not a great Windows application, but 1-2-3 V1.1 for Windows is the best implementation of 1-2-3. The program feels anchored in its 1-2-3-ness, with accommodations as necessary in order to exist under Windows, rather than one that enthusiastically embraces the Windows style. However, this has provided a way for the Lotus folk to get around the kludginess of the WYSIWYG add-in that provides mouse support, as well as fonts and layout, in the high-end 1-2-3 V3.1 for DOS.”

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