brute force and ignorance

( n.)

   A  popular  design technique at many software houses -- {brute force}
   coding  unrelieved  by  any  knowledge  of  how  problems  have  been
   previously  solved  in  elegant  ways.  Dogmatic  adherence to design
   methodologies  tends  to encourage this sort of thing. Characteristic
   of  early  {larval  stage}  programming;  unfortunately,  many  never
   outgrow  it.  Often abbreviated BFI: "Gak, they used a {bubble sort}!
   That's  strictly  from BFI." Compare {bogosity}. A very similar usage
   is said to be mainstream in Great Britain.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {BFI}{brute force}{elephantine}]