There's a couple of lines of code I wrote in a medical instrument that as far as I'm concerned are a dirty hack. Now, it's a documented dirty hack -- my boss called me into his office to laugh at the comment I wrote about it being the only way to accomplish what I needed due to the stupidity of the library I had to use -- but it's a dirty hack nonetheless.
The device has been performing admirably (as far as I know) for over 12 years in the field with no issues due to those few lines of code.
Hacks are everywhere in engineering. As long as the analysis behind it is rigorous and the hack is provably correct, I'm OK with it.
The device has been performing admirably (as far as I know) for over 12 years in the field with no issues due to those few lines of code.
Hacks are everywhere in engineering. As long as the analysis behind it is rigorous and the hack is provably correct, I'm OK with it.