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 computer the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person' s creative ability it 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)
