SMOP
/S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] 1. A piece of code, not yet
written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity.
Used to refer to a program that could obviously be written, but is not worth the
trouble. Also used ironically to imply that a difficult problem can be easily
solved because a program can be written to do it; the irony is that it is very
clear that writing such a program will be a great deal of work. "It's easy to
enhance a Fortran compiler to compile COBOL as well; it's just an SMOP." 2.
Often used ironically by the intended victim when a suggestion for a program is
made which seems easy to the suggester, but is obviously (to the victim) a lot
of work.
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