superprogrammer

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}.
    

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}]