Microspeak: fixes and fixers...
global fix A programmatic trick to correct all instances of a recurring error. "Ed's working on a global fix to turn all the commas in the CD-ROM into semi-colons." workaround A jury-rigged temporary solution for getting around an apparently immovable and unfixable technical bug. Also adaptable to solutions dealing with apparently immovable and unfixable people. © Ken Barnes	If reasoning was always crisp and code robust, fixers would be out of a job... Fortunately for them, Murphy's Law, klugey code and random analysis are there to help!

Microspeak: fixes and fixers...

global fix: A programmatic trick to correct all instances of a recurring error. "Ed's working on a global fix to turn all the commas in the CD-ROM into semi-colons."
workaround: A jury-rigged temporary solution for getting around an apparently immovable and unfixable technical bug. Also adaptable to solutions dealing with apparently immovable and unfixable people.

If reasoning was always crisp and code robust, fixers would be out of a job... Fortunately for them, Murphy's Law, klugey code and random analysis are there to help!

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