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voodoo programming
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voodoo programming /n./ [from George Bush's "voodoo
economics"] The use by guess or cookbook of an obscure or
hairy system, feature, or algorithm that one does not truly
understand. The implication is that the technique may not work,
and if it doesn't, one will never know why. Almost synonymous with
black magic, except that black magic typically isn't
documented and *nobody* understands it. Compare magic,
deep magic, heavy wizardry, rain dance, cargo
cult programming, wave a dead chicken.
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