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• vaxocentrism /vak`soh-sen'trizm/ n. [analogy with `ethnocentrism'] A notional disease said to afflict C programmers who persist in coding according to certain assumptions that are valid (esp.
  under Unix) on VAXen but false elsewhere. Among these are...
• he X that can be Y is not the true X: Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references --- a common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things.
  The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao....
• In /dev/null no one can hear you scream.
• Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void.
  Waiting alone and unmoving, it is at once still and yet in constant motion....
• he X that can be Y is not the true X Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -- a common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things.
  The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao....
• The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
  The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages....
• The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
  The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages....
• A novice asked the master: "In the east there is a great tree-structure that men call 'Corporate Headquarters'.
  It is bloated out of shape with vice-presidents and accountants....
• joe code /joh' kohd`/ n. 1. Code that is overly tense and unmaintainable.
  Perl may be a handy program, but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code....