Char Jackson on Mon, 27 May 2019 17:05:20 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
While Open Source is a wonder thing, there still remains the small
detail that it is really only "open" to those who know the language
exceedingly well.

Or you may have the money to pay somebody to do it for you, or you may
sweet talk somebody :-)

Given the resources, even "proprietary software" can be made open
source. Just decompile the executable, and "viola! you're in like a
porch climber."


Cello! What's a porch climber?

Bass! I think it's a burglar who prefers to enter through a second story
window or door, (first story in Europe). One way to get up there might
be to climb a trellis attached to the porch. As a result, he'd be
referred to as a porch climber.

I just made that up. Let's see if I'm close. :-)

Beats the heck out of me. I heard it in a Hudson & Landry sketch
"Ajax Mortuary".
"I'm looking for a funeral house.."
"You're in like a porch climber. 'Ajax Mortuary is the name, Death
is the game.'."
"well deal me in, my brother's dead."

Various slang dictionaries have it variously as a cat burglar, or
a drunk.

tschus


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