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		frandroid 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is there a purely technical term for 'monkey patch... On the origins of the term "monkey patching"

zahlman 8 months ago [–]

Thanks for sharing. I hadn't expected there to be any particularly interesting etymology at all, but there is. (I also hadn't considered that anyone might find the term offensive, but it did motivate the Q&A, so.)

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