>>>     OTOH, how do you define "hacking"?
>
>> I think the necessary criterion is that it's any activity requiring
>> technical knowledge and skill.
>
>    It may be necessary, but not sufficient. I can write a program that
> calculates the mandelbrot set, but that's not usually considered hacking.

Well, I would consider that hacking. But I guess the fundamental point 
is that the word lacks a coherent definition...

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