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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>brute force and ignorance</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="brute-force.html" title="brute force"/><link rel="next" href="BSD.html" title="BSD"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">brute force and ignorance</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brute-force.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BSD.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="brute-force-and-ignorance"/><dt xmlns="" id="brute-force-and-ignorance"><b>brute force and ignorance</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A popular design technique at many software houses —
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<a href="brute-force.html"><i class="glossterm">brute force</i></a> coding unrelieved by any knowledge of
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how problems have been previously solved in elegant ways. Dogmatic
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adherence to design methodologies tends to encourage this sort of thing.
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Characteristic of early <a href="../L/larval-stage.html"><i class="glossterm">larval stage</i></a> programming;
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unfortunately, many never outgrow it. Often abbreviated BFI: “<span class="quote">Gak,
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they used a <a href="bubble-sort.html"><i class="glossterm">bubble sort</i></a>! That's strictly from
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BFI.</span>” Compare <a href="bogosity.html"><i class="glossterm">bogosity</i></a>. A very similar usage
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is said to be mainstream in Great Britain.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brute-force.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BSD.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">brute force </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BSD</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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