Yafiygi

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  YAFIYGI
       You asked for it, you got it (Usenet, IRC, telecommunication-slang)
       
       

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



  YAFIYGI /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG] Describes
     the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing or other
     user interface, the opposite of {WYSIWYG}. Stands for "You asked for it,
     you got it", because what you actually asked for is often not apparent
     until long after it is too late to do anything about it. Used to denote
     perversity ("Real Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and _like_ it!") or,
     less often, a necessary tradeoff ("Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full
     programmable flexibility in its interface.").
  
     This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to have
     first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "Real Programmers don't use
     Pascal" (see {Real Programmer}s); the acronym is a more recent
     invention.
  
  

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

  YAFIYGI
       
           /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ You asked for it, you got it.
       
          The command-oriented {ed}/{vi}/{nroff}/{TeX} style of {word
          processing} or other user interfaces which are not {WYSIWYG}.
          What you actually asked for is often not immediately apparent.
       
          This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to
          have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "{Real
          Programmers} don't use Pascal"; the acronym is a more recent
          (as of 1993) invention.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-03-13)