It refers to the act of cutting across the established divisions of responsibility (such as logging and performance optimization) in a given programming model.

它指的是在一个给定的编程模型中穿越既定的职责部分（比如日志记录和性能优化）的操作。

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There were some missteps (the capital gains tax went up by 40%), but in all the Act was a stellar example of bipartisan tax-cutting and progressivity-lessening.

FORBES: Tim Geithner Meekly Phones In Tax Reform