same-day service

same-day service n.  Ironic term used to describe long
   response time, particularly with respect to {{MS-DOS}} system
   calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to
   execute).  Such response time is a major incentive for programmers
   to write programs that are not {well-behaved}.  See also
   {PC-ism}.



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