stone knives and bearskins: n. [from the Star Trek Classic
episode "The City on the Edge of Forever"] A term traditionally used
to describe (and deprecate) computing environments that are
grotesquely primitive in light of what is known about good ways to
design things. As in "Don't get too used to the facilities here.
Once you leave SAIL it's stone knives and bearskins as far as the
eye can see". Compare steam-powered.
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