Chipping the web: October 27th
October 27th, 2008 2:00:42 pm pst by 
Sterling Camden
- On the Economy
Some very interesting questions that bear a diversity of answers.
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OMG! Lisp-strength macros for Ruby! And the syntax appears to be both natural and powerful.
Thanks, Reg.
Tags: ruby macros lisp - Kluge
I always spelled it "kludge" — but perhaps that's just an inelegant hack to force pronunciation of a soft 'g'.
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Combine with the zoomed satellite view to acquire your next target.
Thanks, Arjan.
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"Break My Windows" goes with Linux
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How can you know you like something if you're not conscious while enjoying it?
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From the german :-
klug(adj) = clever =
kluge(adj, as applied to feminine nouns).
hard G, btw.
The wikipedia article quotes from the first known usage:
The proper spelling for hacker jargon is “kludge”. I’ve noticed a nontrivial number of people spelling it “kluge”, though — probably because that’s the spelling they imagined it had, having never seen it in print before.
… or perhaps because they know German?
Even the wikipedia article says that it’s derived from the German klug, as Stu noted. I think perhaps “kluge” began to be pronounced with the soft g in English, and the “d” was added as a kludge to reinforce that pronunciation.
By the time the Jargon File was created, though, “kludge” was the entrenched spelling — which means that “kluge” is probably being adopted by some for reasons other than the actual origin of the term in the hacker jargon context. That was where I was going with my first comment.