superprogrammer
A prolific programmer; one who can code exceedingly well and quickly. Not all
hackers are superprogrammers, but many are. Productivity can vary from one
programmer to another by three orders of magnitude. For example, one programmer
might be able to write an average of three lines of working code in one day,
while another, with the proper tools, might be able to write 3,000. This range
is astonishing; it is matched in very few other areas of human endeavour.
The term "superprogrammer" is more commonly used within such places as IBM than
in the hacker community. It tends to stress naive measures of productivity and
to underweight creativity, ingenuity, and getting the job *done* - and to
sidestep the question of whether the 3,000 lines of code do more or less useful
work than three lines that do the Right Thing. Hackers tend to prefer the terms
hacker and wizard.
[Jargon File]
Nearby terms:
super minicomputer « Super Pascal « superpipelined «
superprogrammer » superscalar » super source
quench » SuperTalk
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