brute force and ignorance

jargon (BFI) 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 methods tends to encourage this

sort of thing. Characteristic of early larval stage

programming; unfortunately, many never outgrow it.

Also encountered in the variants BFMI - brute force and

massive ignorance, and BFBI - brute force and bloody

ignorance.

"Gak, they used a bubble sort! That's strictly BFI."

Compare bogosity.

[Jargon File]

(1996-06-12)