SMOP

/S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] 1. A piece

of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is

significantly greater than its complexity. Used to refer to a

program that could obviously be written, but is not worth the

trouble. Also used ironically to imply that a difficult

problem can be easily solved because a program can be written

to do it; the irony is that it is very clear that writing such

a program will be a great deal of work. "It's easy to enhance

a Fortran compiler to compile COBOL as well; it's just an

SMOP." 2. Often used ironically by the intended victim when a

suggestion for a program is made which seems easy to the

suggester, but is obviously (to the victim) a lot of work.

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