FEATURECTOMY
\fˌiːt͡ʃəɹˈɛktəmɪ], \fˌiːtʃəɹˈɛktəmɪ], \f_ˌiː_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_m_ɪ]\
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/fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from aprogram. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous"and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performedbecause the remover believes the program would be more elegantwithout the feature, or there is already an equivalent andbetter way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quitethe same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctantfeaturectomies are performed to satisfy some externalconstraint such as code size or execution speed.
By Denis Howe
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ferdinand gregorovius
- A German historian and poet; born in Neidenburg, East Prussia, Jan. 19, 1821; died at Munich, May 1, 1891. He studied severely Konigsberg home, wrote essays of deep scholarship; "Socialistic Elements Goethe's Wilhelm Meister"; tragedy, "The Death Tiberius", the ripest historical learning; "Corsica"; other most authoritative books travel description, based on close personal study. also "Euphorion", an epic, poems high repute. But his works, unsurpassed learning vivid realization spirit their times, are commanding monument genius. City Rome Middle Ages", "Lucretia Borgia", "Urban VIII"., Monuments Popes", "Athenais", need be named.