lasherism: n. [Harvard] A program that 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. Such constructions are quite popular in
exercises such as the Obfuscated C Contest, and occasionally in
retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980
who became notorious for such behavior.
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