meaning of lart
1. LART Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool larval stage Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly as opposed to merely competent programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage typically lasting about a month may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language. [Jargon File] lase /layz/ To print a given document via a laser printer. "OK, lets lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro calls did the right things. " laser
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