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New Jersey: adj.

  [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor design. This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such software as C, C++, and Unix (which originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey). “This compiler bites the bag, but what can you expect from a compiler designed in New Jersey?” Compare Berkeley Quality Software. See also Unix conspiracy.

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