A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the {Real World} to implement payroll packages in {RPG} and other such unspeakable horrors.In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch.It seldom helps. The code grinder' s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computerthe term connotes pity.Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person' s creative abilityit connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, {brute force} and utter lack of imagination.Compare card walloper.Contrast real programmer.[Jargon File](1994-11-11)