logic programming

n 1: a computer language designed in Europe to support natural

language processing [syn: {Prolog}, {logic programing}]

2: creating a program that enables the computer to reason

logically

voodoo programming

(From George Bush's "voodoo economics") The use by

guess or cookbook of an obscure or {hairy} system, feature, or

algorithm that one does not truly understand. The implication

is that the technique may not work, and if it doesn't, one

will never know why. Almost synonymous with {black magic},

except that black magic typically isn't documented and

▫nobody▫ understands it.

Compare {magic}, {deep magic}, {heavy wizardry}, {rain dance},

{cargo cult programming}, {wave a dead chicken}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-10)