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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>code grinder</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="code.html" title="code"/><link rel="next" href="code-monkey.html" title="code monkey"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">code grinder</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="code.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="code-monkey.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="code-grinder"/><dt xmlns="" id="code-grinder"><b>code grinder</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A <a href="../S/suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>-wearing minion of the sort hired in
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legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll
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packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat,
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the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage
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consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of
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dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened
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about half an inch. It seldom helps. The
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<a href="code-grinder.html"><i class="glossterm">code grinder</i></a>'s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get
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and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. See
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<a href="../R/Real-World.html"><i class="glossterm">Real World</i></a>, <a href="../S/suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Used of or to a hacker, a really serious slur on the person's
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creative ability; connotes a design style characterized by primitive
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technique, rule-boundedness, <a href="../B/brute-force.html"><i class="glossterm">brute force</i></a>, and utter
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lack of imagination. </p></dd><dd><p>Contrast
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<a href="../H/hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker</i></a>,
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<a href="../R/Real-Programmer.html"><i class="glossterm">Real Programmer</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="code.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="code-monkey.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">code </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> code monkey</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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