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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hand-hacking n. 1. [rare] The practice of translating {hot spot}s from
     an {HLL} into hand-tuned assembler, as opposed to trying to coerce the
     compiler into generating better code. Both the term and the practice are
     becoming uncommon. See {tune}, {bum}, {by hand}; syn. with v. {cruft}.
     2. [common] More generally, manual construction or patching of data sets
     that would normally be generated by a translation utility and


     interpreted by another program, and aren't really designed to be read or
     modified by humans.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hand-hacking
       
          1. The practice of translating a {hot spot} of a program in a
          {HLL} into hand-tuned {assembly language}, as opposed to
          trying to coerce the {compiler} into generating better code.
          Both the term and the practice are becoming uncommon.
       
          See {tune}, {bum}, {by hand}; synonym with cruft.
       
          2. More generally, manual construction or patching of data
          sets that would normally be generated by a translation utility
          and interpreted by another program, and aren't really designed
          to be read or modified by humans.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-02-16)
       
       

















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