dwimmery
nounUK /ˈdwɪ.mə.ɹi/ · US /ˈdwɪ.mɚ.ɹi/
Etymology From DWIM + -ery, influenced by dwimmer.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Humorous A computer program's ability to sense the user's intentions rather than work according to a well-defined specification.
- This dwimmery causes the model to show that polar melting rates have absolutely no connection to world climate in general, and to rising ocean levels in particular.2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices:
- I think that, as with various other parts of Perl 6, we can try to sweep all the dwimmery into one spot so that it can be easily recognized and/or avoided.2005 May 6, Larry Wall, “stdio”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet):
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- The big challenge of Perl 6 is to achieve a high degree of dwimmery2007 November 11, Michele Dondi, “Why can't you slice an array @a[3..-1]?”, in comp.lang.perl.misc (Usenet):
- Related terms
- DWIM