Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Forwarded message from UCLA Message-ID: <404@utastro.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 13:59:27 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.404 Posted: Mon Jun 13 13:59:27 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 03:06:46 EDT Lines: 6 O.K., three times at one newsreading is enough, I have to ask: What means "cruft" ...and what's its origin? Is it a misspelling of "crud?" Context suggests it's not very complimentary. Is it related to "kludge?"