| Lasherism (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the or implementing the ) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a or by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the , and occasionally in . Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour. [] (1994-12-07) |