Fortrash

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Fortrash

/for´trash/
Usage: n.

Fortrash: /for´trash/ n.

Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.

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Sources

Source: Fortrash, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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