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Is there a purely technical term for 'monkey patching' (softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)
7 points by frandroid 405 days ago
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frandroid 405 days ago
On the origins of the term "monkey patching"
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zahlman 405 days ago
Thanks for sharing. I hadn't expected there to be any particularly interesting etymology at all, but there is. (I also hadn't considered that anyone might find the term offensive, but it did motivate the Q&A, so.)
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