[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

voodoo programming n. from george bush's "voodoo economics" 1. the
   use by guess or cookbook of an obscure or hairy system, feature, or
   algorithm that one does not truly understand. the implication is that
   the technique may not work, and if it doesn't, one will never know why.
   almost synonymous with black magic, except that black magic typically
   isn't documented and _nobody_ understands it. compare magic, deep
   magic, heavy wizardry, rain dance, cargo cult programming, wave
   a dead chicken, scsi voodoo. 2. things programmers do that they know
   shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work,
   such as recompiling everything.


see also:
obscure hairy black magic magic deep magic heavy wizardry 
rain dance cargo cult programming wave a dead chicken scsi voodoo 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

voodoo programming
     
         from george bush's "voodoo economics" the use by
        guess or cookbook of an obscure or hairy system, feature, or
        algorithm that one does not truly understand.  the implication
        is that the technique may not work, and if it doesn't, one
        will never know why.  almost synonymous with black magic,
        except that black magic typically isn't documented and
        nobody understands it.
     
        compare magic, deep magic, heavy wizardry, rain dance,
        cargo cult programming, wave a dead chicken.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-03-10
     
     
see also:
hairy black magic magic deep magic heavy wizardry rain dance 
cargo cult programming wave a dead chicken jargon file 

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