[FRIAM] Spike: a hack?

[Tim Densmore]

I was thinking more like Spikedriver's Blues or Vlad the Impaler myself - 
either one has interesting connotations.  The former is a small thing you do 
to get then entire project further along - each piece is part of the whole, 
so to speak.  The latter, spiking the bastard dead and scoring one for the 
good guys - killing bugs and/or vampires with a quick spike right through 
them.

On Saturday 14 October 2006 17:40, steve smith wrote:
> I think maybe "spike" like in Volleyball?
>
> On Oct 13, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> > I'm reading a book on Groovy, a JVM language.  It uses the word
> > "spike" to signify a quick hack, see the quote below.
> > to
> > sketch some design ideas, do a *spike*(1), and maybe even run a
> > functional prototype.
>
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