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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>lint</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="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="link-dead.html" title="link-dead"/><link rel="next" href="Lintel.html" title="Lintel"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">lint</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="link-dead.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Lintel.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="lint"/><dt xmlns="" id="lint"><b>lint</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Unix's
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lint</span>(1)</span>,
named for the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To examine a program
closely for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if in C,
esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if the Unix
utility
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lint</span>(1)</span>
is used. This term used to be restricted to use of
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lint</span>(1)</span>
itself, but (judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for
any exhaustive review process at some non-Unix shops, even in languages
other than C. Also as <span class="grammar">v.</span>
<a href="../D/delint.html"><i class="glossterm">delint</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Excess verbiage in a
document, as in &#8220;<span class="quote">This draft has too much lint</span>&#8221;.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="link-dead.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Lintel.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">link-dead </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Lintel</td></tr></table></div></body></html>