(By analogy with George Orwell' s "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one' s office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=weenies">weenies. "Dike out that ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=goto">goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common. [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1994-12-08)

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