same-day service

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

same-day service
 n.

   Ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with
   respect to {MS-DOS} and Windows 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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

same-day service

   <humour, operating system> 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)