same-day service
An 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}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-12-17)