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• on-optimal solution n. (also `sub-optimal solution') An astoundingly stupid way to do something.
  This term is generally used in deadpan sarcasm, as its impact is greatest when the person speaking looks completely serious....
• pessimal: /pes'im-l/ [Latin-based antonym for `optimal'] adj.
  Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also `pessimize' vt....
• unning: adj. Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm.
  "You want to code *what* in ADA? That's a ... stunning idea!" -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• oy language: n. A language useful for instructional purposes or as a proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory, but inadequate for general-purpose programming.
  {Bad Thing}s can result when a toy language is promoted as a general purpose solution for programming (see {bondage-and-discipline language})...
• fool: n. As used by hackers, specifically describes a person who habitually reasons from obviously or demonstrably incorrect premises and cannot be persuaded by evidence to do otherwise
  it is not generally used in its other senses, i....
• 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....
• mandelbug: /man'del-buhg/ [from the Mandelbrot set] n.
  A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behavior appear chaotic or even non-deterministic....
• elder days: n. The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980)
  he era of the {PDP-10}, {TECO}, {{ITS}}, and the ARPANET....
• ignal-to-noise ratio: [from analog electronics] n.
  Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning....