stone knives and bearskins

stone knives and bearskins

(From the Star Trek Classic episode "The City on the Edge ofForever") A term traditionally used to describe (anddeprecate) computing environments that are grotesquelyprimitive in light of what is known about good ways to designthings. As in "Don't get too used to the facilities here.Once you leave SAIL it's stone knives and bearskins as far asthe eye can see".

Compare steam-powered.