Gosperism

2 definitions found

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}.
  
  



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}.