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    n. 1. The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable (register, memory location, data type, whatever). 2. `minus... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    Lasherism

    [Harvard] n. A program which solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behavior.