:YAFIYGI: /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG]
Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word
processing or other user interface, the opposite of {WYSIWYG}.
Stands for "You asked for it, you got it", because what you
actually asked for is often not apparent until long after it is too
late to do anything about it. Used to denote perversity ("Real
Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and *like* it!") or, less
often, a necessary tradeoff ("Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full
programmable flexibility in its interface.").
This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to
have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "Real
Programmers don't use Pascal"; the acronym is a more recent (as of
1993) invention.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word
processing or other user interface, the opposite of {WYSIWYG}.
Stands for "You asked for it, you got it", because what you
actually asked for is often not apparent until long after it is too
late to do anything about it. Used to denote perversity ("Real
Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and *like* it!") or, less
often, a necessary tradeoff ("Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full
programmable flexibility in its interface.").
This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to
have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "Real
Programmers don't use Pascal"; the acronym is a more recent (as of
1993) invention.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- YAFIYGI /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj.
[coined in response to
WYSIWYG] Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of
word processing or other user interface, the opposite of
WYSIWYG.
Stands for "You asked for it, you got it", because what you actually asked for is often not apparent until long after it is too late to do anything about it.... - WYSIAYG /wiz'ee-ayg/ adj.
Describes a user interface
under which "What You See Is All You Ge
an unhappy variant of WYSIWYG. Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth... - WYSIAYG: /wiz'ee-ayg/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is *All* You Ge
an unhappy variant of {WYSIWYG}. Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth... - WYSIWYG: /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback.... - WYSIWYG /wiz'ee-wig/ adj.
Describes a user interface
under which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback.... - Datamation: /day`t*-may'sh*n/ n. A magazine that many hackers
assume all {suit}s read.
Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did you read that in "Datamation?... - Datamation /day`t*-may'sh*n/ n.
A magazine that many
hackers assume all suits read.
Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did you read that in `Datamation?... - 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.... - TLA: /T-L-A/ [Three-Letter Acronym] n. 1. Self-describing
abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is
infested.
2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA....
