Timeline for What can be used as formal euphemism of "hack"?
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| S Jan 15, 2015 at 15:41 | history | suggested | bluish | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | Tony Adams | I think @kasperd nailed it. As a software developer (with both my degrees in English) I would urge the OP to just use the word "hack" rather than go to all this trouble to find an alternative. | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 14:20 | comment | added | mc0e | @Jens the programmers also come up with workarounds for constraints imposed externally. E.g. problems in upstream library design, or maybe just constraints of an architectural decision long ago. But yes, this is quite distinct from mere poor quality solutions. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 22:27 | comment | added | kasperd | To me the word hack does not necessarily imply that it isn't a viable long-term solution. A hack would be more viable on a long-term than a workaround would. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 15:25 | comment | added | Rudi | 'Temporary workaround' says all there needs to be said in two words. The first that you think the problem will need further work in the future, and it should not be considered a permanent part of your coding structure. The second, that the problem has been navigated around but that said problem still exists. +1 for temporary workaround. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 14:34 | vote | accept | clabacchio | ||
| Jan 13, 2015 at 16:35 | comment | added | Jens | It certainly fails to fit in the case where the hack is usually what the programmer does to fix something, while a workaround is what a user does (or is told to do) to circumvent a problem that gets not fixed but worked around. Xcuse me for being dense ;-) In my little world of software engineering we keep the distinction. | |
| Jan 13, 2015 at 15:13 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | Workaround fits exactly. The goal is achieved, not by the usual way (which would be far too difficult / expensive / time consuming in this case), but instead by "a non-optimal, non-orthodox solution". | |
| Jan 13, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | Jens | Workaround can sound inappropriate. It means "achieving your goal by doing something else", not modifying something so it performs closer to what is expected. | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 23:32 | comment | added | clabacchio | Workaround sounds appropriate! | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 22:27 | history | answered | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |