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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>New Jersey</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="network-meltdown.html" title="network meltdown"/><link rel="next" href="New-Testament.html" title="New Testament"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">New Jersey</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="network-meltdown.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="New-Testament.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="New-Jersey"/><dt xmlns="" id="New-Jersey"><b>New Jersey</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor
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design. This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such software as
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C, C++, and Unix (which originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New
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Jersey). “<span class="quote">This compiler bites the bag, but what can you expect from
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a compiler designed in New Jersey?</span>” Compare
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<a href="../B/Berkeley-Quality-Software.html"><i class="glossterm">Berkeley Quality Software</i></a>. See also
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