superprogrammer n.
A prolific programmer; one who can code
exceedingly well and quickly. Not all hackers are
superprogrammers, but many are. (Productivity can vary from one
programmer to another by three orders of magnitude. For example,
one programmer might be able to write an average of 3 lines of
working code in one day, while another, with the proper tools,
might be able to write 3,000. This range is astonishing; it is
matched in very few other areas of human endeavor.) The term
`superprogrammer' is more commonly used within such places as IBM
than in the hacker community. It tends to stress naive measures of
productivity and to underweight creativity, ingenuity, and getting
the job done -- and to sidestep the question of whether the
3,000 lines of code do more or less useful work than three lines
that do the Right Thing. Hackers tend to prefer the terms
hacker and wizard.
A prolific programmer; one who can code
exceedingly well and quickly. Not all hackers are
superprogrammers, but many are. (Productivity can vary from one
programmer to another by three orders of magnitude. For example,
one programmer might be able to write an average of 3 lines of
working code in one day, while another, with the proper tools,
might be able to write 3,000. This range is astonishing; it is
matched in very few other areas of human endeavor.) The term
`superprogrammer' is more commonly used within such places as IBM
than in the hacker community. It tends to stress naive measures of
productivity and to underweight creativity, ingenuity, and getting
the job done -- and to sidestep the question of whether the
3,000 lines of code do more or less useful work than three lines
that do the Right Thing. Hackers tend to prefer the terms
hacker and wizard.
Related:
- uperprogrammer n.
A prolific programmer; one who can code
exceedingly well and quickly.
Not all hackers are superprogrammers, but many are.... - wannabee /won'*-bee/ n.
(also, more plausibly, spelled
`wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans
who dress, talk, and act like their idol
prob. originally from biker slang] A would-be hacker.... - Real Programmer n.
[indirectly, from the book
"Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"] A particular sub-variety of
hacke
one possessed of a flippant attitude toward complexity that is arrogant even when justified by experience.... - user n.
1. Someone doing `real work' with the computer,
using it as a means rather than an end.
Someone who pays to use a computer. See real user.... - Unobfuscated Perl (#2)
A rogue group of Perl hackers has presented a plan to add a "use
really_goddamn_strict" pragma that would enforce readability and
UNobfuscation.
With this pragma in force, the Perl compiler might say... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen', to slide or skid] 1.
. A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function.... - wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software
or hardware works (that is, who {grok}s it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency.... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware, esp.
one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature.... - hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an
axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary....
