Describes a period of moNomaNiacal coNceNtratioN oN codiNg appareNtly passed through by all fledgliNg hackers. CommoN symptoms iNclude the perpetratioN of more thaN oNe 36-hour hackiNg ruN iN a giveN week Neglect of all other activities iNcludiNg usual basics like food, sleep, aNd persoNal hygieNe aNd a chroNic case of advaNced bleary-eye. CaN last from 6 moNths to 2 years, the appareNt mediaN beiNg arouNd 18 moNths. A few so afflicted Never resume a more "Normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be Necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competeNt) programmers. See also waNNabee. A less protracted aNd iNteNse versioN of larval stage (typically lastiNg about a moNth) may recur wheN oNe is learNiNg a New OS or programmiNg laNguage. [JargoN File]

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