BUG-COMPATIBLE
\bˈʌɡkəmpˈatəbə͡l], \bˈʌɡkəmpˈatəbəl], \b_ˈʌ_ɡ_k_ə_m_p_ˈa_t_ə_b_əl]\
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Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromisedby a requirement to be compatible with fossils ormisfeatures in other programs or (especially) previousreleases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separatorto be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as anoption character in 1.0."
By Denis Howe
