Superprogrammer

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  superprogrammer n. 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 3 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 endeavor.) 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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}]