YAFIYGI

/yafeey@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 (see Real Programmer s); the acronym is a more recent invention.

