quick-and-dirty

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quick-and-dirty - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  quick-and-dirty
  
     <jargon, programming> Describes a crock put together under
     time or user pressure.  Used especially when you want to
     convey that you think the fast way might lead to trouble
     further down the road.  "I can have a quick-and-dirty fix in
     place tonight, but I'll have to rewrite the whole module to
     solve the underlying design problem."
  
     See also kluge.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-05-11)
  

quick-and-dirty - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  quick-and-dirty
   adj.
  
     [common] Describes a crock put together under time or user
  pressure.
     Used esp. when you want to convey that you think the fast way might
     lead to trouble further down the road. "I can have a quick-and-dirty
     fix in place tonight, but I'll have to rewrite the whole module to
     solve the underlying design problem." See also kluge.