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• jock n. 1. A programmer who is characterized by large and somewhat brute-force programs.
  See brute force. 2. When modified by another noun, describes a specialist in some particular computing area....
• compiler jock n. See jock (sense 2).
• ystems jock n. See jock, sense 2.
• brute force adj. Describes a primitive programming style
  one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones....
• 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....
• elephantine: adj. Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous {hog}s (owing perhaps to poor design founded on {brute force and ignorance}) and exceedingly {hairy} in source form.
  An elephantine program may be functional and even friendly, but (as in the old joke about being in bed with an elephant) it's tough to have around all the same (and, like a pachyderm, difficult to maintain)....
• black art: n. A collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular application or systems area (compare {black magic}).
  VLSI design and compiler code optimization were (in their beginnings) considered classic examples of black a...
• BFI /B-F-I/ n. See brute force and ignorance. Also encountered in the variants `BFMI', `brute force and massive ignorance' and `BFBI' `brute force and bloody ignorance'.
• When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompso