Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:

> 
> 
> Aparenhtly the term originated as Guerilla patch. As in Guerilla  
> warfare ;) And it was misunderstood and ended up being called monkey  
> patch. Interesting read here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey-Patch
>

Ah, thank you.  Quite informative.



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