visual basic programmer

someone who *thinks* they know how to program, but in reality is pretty average... almost always don't really understand the inner workings of a computer... they get scared by things like call stacks, registers, pointers, assembly, or anything that has to do with the guts of a computers...

also, they are generally not smart enough to do embedded development...

embedded developer: i just hacked the can bus in my car... used a philips tja1050 transceiver, paired it up to a mcf5485 coldfire, developed the logger and gauge renderer in C (gasp!) using codewarrior and spat the image data out to the tft in my car to have virtual gauges on everything!

what have you developed lately?

visual basic programmer: an ftp server...

embedded developer: oh... cool...

by champski April 3, 2009

Programming

The Best way to ... everything! Seriously you can program when you're:

Sad, Happy, Dancing, Sweating, Running, Jogging, Sing, Eating a Banana, Listenning to Britney Spears, Ignoring a Britney Spears Concert, Sitting, Standing, Baby-Sitting, Baby-Standing, Dressing, Undressing, Looking, Feeling, Living (preferably), Dying (although you might have better things to be doing), searching, meeting, throwing, dazing, shooting, carpetting, doing homework, breaking, screwing, Distressed, disgruntled, angry, pressed, stressed, etc. You get the point.

But I find it extremely useful right after a break-up. See example....

int main()
{

struct girl {
int happy_level;
char next_action(100);
int execute_action();
int render_action();
}

girl Susan = new girl;
Susan.happy_level -= 1000000000;
Susan.next_action = "Jump off cliff";
if(Susan.execute_action())
{
Susan.render_action();
}
else
{
cout<<"The action could not be executed. Susan's life will now become hell."<<endl;

while(1)
{
Susan.happy_level -= 1;
}
}
}

by Veggie April 3, 2005

dynamic programming

In computer science, dynamic programming (short: DP) is a method for reducing the runtime of algorithms exhibiting the properties of overlapping subproblems and optimal substructure.

Mathematician Richard Bellman invented dynamic programming in 1953. The field was founded as a systems analysis and engineering topic which is recognized by the IEEE.

The problem looks too hard to solve - it must be dynamic programming!

by Your SCAR Grandpa June 26, 2006

IB Program

"International Baccalaureate Programme". An internationally recognized program for academically gifted high school students. Similar to AP, however some may argue that it is more challenging and more unified. This program has special requirements for the students and to get the "IB Diploma," a student must be taking enough HL and SL courses chosen from 6 different categories. In addition, each student must take Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and complete the Extended Essay. Students enrolled in this program will generally be accepted into difficult colleges because they are impressed by the super sacred IB seal that will be attached to the first page of the student's transcript.

IB Program student 1: "Hey, wanna hear a joke?"
IB Program student 2: "Sure!"
IB Program student 1: "AP classes!"

by IBlota1 January 6, 2011

austerity program

(ECONOMICS) when a government has to restructure spending by massively cutting social programs, development programs, and subsidies on basic necessities. Often accompanied by taxes increases, especially on lower incomes (since the poor cannot escape tax hikes).

Usually we use the term "austerity program" when the government in question has to backtrack on its ideological commitments. An example of this is France, after June 1982. The Socialist government of Mitterrand had just implemented a raft of major new social welfare programs, and was promptly forced to cut everything back when the deficit ballooned.

by Abu Yahya May 5, 2010

Rectal Enlargement Programs

Company policies that take advantage of, generally make things harder for, or outright harms its employment staff.

Company X instituted the latest of their Rectal Enlargement Programs (REP). This REP reduced employee pay and eliminated benefits, while reducing staffing and increasing workloads. This time they didn't even issue a jar of vaseline with it !

by SkiDale September 25, 2006

prograsstinate

To participate in meaningless activities, such as playing video games or Twitter, instead of mowing the grass when you know it really needs to be cut.

I know I need to mow my grass, but I'd rather prograsstinate now, and do it next week.

by Frenchie619 July 14, 2010