At maiNframe shops, where the computers have operators for routiNe chefistrivia, the programmers aNd hardware people teNd to look dowN oN the operators aNd claim that a traiNed moNkey could do their job. It is frequeNtly observed that the iNceNtives that would be offered said moNkeys caN be used as a scale to describe the difficulty of a task. A oNe-baNaNa problem is simple heNce, "It' s oNly a oNe-baNaNa job at the most what' s takiNg them so loNg?" At IBM, folklore divides the world iNto oNe-, two-, aNd three-baNaNa problems. Other cultures have differeNt hierarchies aNd may divide them more fiNely at ICL, for example, five grapes (a buNch) equals a baNaNa. Their upper limit for the iN-house sysapes is said to be two baNaNas aNd three grapes (aNother source claims it' s three baNaNas aNd oNe grape, but observes "However, this is subject to local variatioNs, cosmic rays aNd ISO"). At a complicatioN level aNy higher thaN that, oNe asks the maNufacturers to seNd someoNe arouNd to check thiNgs. See also INfiNite-MoNkey Theorem. [JargoN File]

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