diff --git a/entries/code police.txt b/entries/code police.txt index 5bacdba..1810f64 100644 --- a/entries/code police.txt +++ b/entries/code police.txt @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ code police n. [by analogy with George Orwell's thought police ] A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest -one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to -underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or -ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned -mainly by anal-retentive weenie s. Dike out that goto or the code police -will get you! The ironic usage is perhaps more common. - +one for violating programming style rules. Also reminiscent of Turing Police +from William Gibson's Neuromancer who try to prevent AI systems from +breaking out from their constraints.