(often abbreviated “BQS”) Term used in a pejorative
sense to refer to software that was apparently created by rather spaced-out
hackers late at night to solve some unique problem. It usually has
nonexistent, incomplete, or incorrect documentation, has been tested on at
least two examples, and core dumps when anyone else attempts to use it.
This term was frequently applied to early versions of the
dbx(1)
debugger. See also Berzerkeley.
Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk´lee/, not /bark´lee/ as in British Received
Pronunciation.
