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code police
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [by analogy with George Orwell's thought police ] A mythical team of
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Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest
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one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to
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underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or
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ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned
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mainly by anal-retentive weenie s. Dike out that goto or the code police
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will get you! The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
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