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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
Gosperism
/gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker
R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term
because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in
HAKMEM are Gosperisms.
See also life.
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
Gosperism /gos'p*r-izm/ n. A hack, invention, or saying due to elder
days arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own
term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM
are Gosperisms; see also life.