Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!saj From: saj@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: Re: Hacker. A definition. - (nf) Message-ID: <113@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 15:08:49 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.113 Posted: Wed Feb 15 15:08:49 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 23:55:22 EST Sender: saj@iuvax.UUCP Organization: Indiana U, Bloomington Lines: 18 #R:rocheste:-454400:iuvax:9100003:000:684 iuvax!apratt Jan 25 12:44:00 1984 I'll post to that. Hacking is when you shave 3 milliseconds off a loop which normally only executes once. It's when you agonize for an hour over the relative value of trimming the core requirement or speeding up the algorithm. Hackers don't mess with security (etc.) unless they're writing the program or else they are also worms (ferrets? snakes?). Me, I enjoy an all-night session which results in no change in visual performance of a program, but which makes the code run much cleaner. That's what it's all about! (This is only half joking; I really DO love hacking!) Ever wake up feeling like a null pointer? -- Allan Pratt ...decvax!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt