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[Micky Del Favero]

federico collazuol writes:

> Per cosa sta YAFIYGI ?

micky@chiara:~$ dict YAFIYGI

3 definitions found

>From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) [foldoc]:

  YAFIYGI
  
     <abuse> /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ You asked for it, you got it.
  
     The command-oriented {ed}/{vi}/{nroff}/{TeX} style of {word
     processing} or other user interfaces which are not {WYSIWYG}.
     What you actually asked for is often not immediately apparent.
  
     This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to
     have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "{Real
     Programmers} don't use Pascal"; the acronym is a more recent
     (as of 1993) invention.
  
     [{Jargon File}]
  
     (1995-03-13)
  
  

>From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:

  YAFIYGI /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG] Describes
     the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing or other
     user interface, the opposite of {WYSIWYG}. Stands for "You asked for it,
     you got it", because what you actually asked for is often not apparent
     until long after it is too late to do anything about it. Used to denote
     perversity ("Real Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and _like_ it!") or,
     less often, a necessary tradeoff ("Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full
     programmable flexibility in its interface.").
  
     This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to have
     first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "Real Programmers don't use
     Pascal" (see {Real Programmer}s); the acronym is a more recent
     invention.
  
  

>From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 [vera]:

  YAFIYGI
          You asked for it, you got it (Usenet, IRC, slang)
         
micky@chiara:~$

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