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YAFIYGI
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/yafeey@gee/ , adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG] Describes the
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command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing or other user
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interface, the opposite of WYSIWYG. Stands for You asked for it, you got it
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, because what you actually asked for is often not apparent until long after
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it is too late to do anything about it. Used to denote perversity ( Real
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Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and like it! ) or, less often, a necessary
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tradeoff ( Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full programmable flexibility in its
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interface. ). This precise sense of You asked for it, you got it seems to
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have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody Real Programmers don't use
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Pascal (see Real Programmer s); the acronym is a more recent invention.
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