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Small matter of programming

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This seems to be a dictionary entry based on two small entries in esr's Jargon File and the IBM Jagon Dictionary. There is a book with the title "A Small Matter of Programming" by Bonnie A. Nardi, and this book is being frequently mentioned by other publications, but neither the book nor its mentions seem to be mainly about the term itself. Worse, the term seems to be used in non-ironical ways in some articles, like http://disrupt-africa.com/2019/02/kenyas-brck-partners-facebook-to-simplify-mobile-network-deployments/ -- contradicting the whole point of the Wikipedia article. I think this is mostly original research, and possibly even a citation loop based on the age of this article. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

• Keep - other sources include an entire column in Programming Pearls, Second Edition - see https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-pearls-second/9780134498058/ch05.html. Just the 2 paragraphs visible without logging in make it clear that SMOP is used ironically --DannyS712 (talk) 05:33, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:55, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

• Comment I don't think it is OR. I have heard the phrase several times in my career in the UK and Europe. scope_creep^Talk 11:06, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Isn't "I have personally heard this phrase used" the essence of OR? DS (talk) 15:40, 10 March 2019 (UTC)