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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>perfect programmer syndrome</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="perf.html" title="perf"/><link rel="next" href="Perl.html" title="Perl"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">perfect programmer syndrome</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="perf.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Perl.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="perfect-programmer-syndrome"/><dt xmlns="" id="perfect-programmer-syndrome"><b>perfect programmer syndrome</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Arrogance; the egotistical conviction that one is above normal human
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error. Most frequently found among programmers of some native ability but
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relatively little experience (especially new graduates; their perceptions
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may be distorted by a history of excellent performance at solving
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<a href="../T/toy-problem.html"><i class="glossterm">toy problem</i></a>s). “<span class="quote">Of course my program is
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correct, there is no need to test it.</span>” “<span class="quote">Yes, I can see there
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may be a problem here, but <span class="emphasis"><em>I'll</em></span> never type <b class="command">rm -r /</b> while in
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