<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)
Nearby terms:
BRS « BRUIN « brute force « brute force and ignorance » brute force attack » BS » bs
