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  code grinder
       
           A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in
          legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real
          World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such
          unspeakable horrors.  In its native habitat, the code grinder
          often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage
          consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie.
          In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled
          up and the tie loosened about half an inch.  It seldom helps.
          The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as
          one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes
          pity.
       
          Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur
          on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style
          characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute
          force and utter lack of imagination.
       
          Compare card walloper.  Contrast real programmer.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-11-11)
       
       

  code grinder n. 1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion
     strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll packages
     in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the
     code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage
     consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of
     dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened
     about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is
     about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer;
     the term connotes pity. See Real World, suit. 2. Used of or to a
     hacker, a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; connotes
     a design style characterized by primitive technique, rule-boundedness,
     brute force, and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper;
     contrast hacker, Real Programmer.