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code grinder![]() ![]() Source: The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
code grinder
n.
1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks
and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such
unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes
the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt
(starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long)
may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps.
The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get
and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. See Real World,
suit.
2. Used of or to a hacker, a really serious slur on the person's creative
ability; connotes a design style characterized by primitive technique,
rule-boundedness, brute force, and utter lack of imagination.
Contrast hacker, Real Programmer.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010) code grinder Matching Word(s) code grinder
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