[debian-devel:10117] Evil ( Was Re: ASCII24)

["Katsura S. Yoshio" <shishamo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

芳尾です。

今日 Jargon を眺めていたら以下のような文章を見つけました。
いやーさすがに Joey Hess は正確に使うてます。

:evil: /adj./  As used by hackers, implies that some system,
   program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to
   be not worth the bother of dealing with.  Unlike the adjectives in
   the {cretinous}/{losing}/{brain-damaged} series, `evil'
   does not imply incompetence or bad design, but rather a set of
   goals or design criteria fatally incompatible with the speaker's.
   This usage is more an esthetic and engineering judgment than a
   moral one in the mainstream sense.  "We thought about adding a
   {Blue Glue} interface but decided it was too evil to deal
   with."  "{TECO} is neat, but it can be pretty evil if you're
   prone to typos."  Often pronounced with the first syllable
   lengthened, as /eeee'vil/.  Compare {evil and rude}.

ではでは。 ---- Yours, K.S.Yoshio
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