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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>SMOP</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="smoot.html" title="smoot"/><link rel="next" href="smurf.html" title="smurf"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">SMOP</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="smoot.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="smurf.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="SMOP"/><dt xmlns="" id="SMOP"><b>SMOP</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/S·M·O·P/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is
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significantly greater than its complexity. Used to refer to a program that
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could obviously be written, but is not worth the trouble. Also used
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ironically to imply that a difficult problem can be easily solved because a
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program can be written to do it; the irony is that it is very clear that
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writing such a program will be a great deal of work. “<span class="quote">It's easy to
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enhance a FORTRAN compiler to compile COBOL as well; it's just a
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SMOP.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Often used ironically by the intended victim when a suggestion
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for a program is made which seems easy to the suggester, but is obviously
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(to the victim) a lot of work. Compare
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