languages of choice
= L =
larval stage
LART //
Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. 1. n. In
the collective mythos of scary devil monastery, this is an
essential item in the toolkit of every BOFH. The LART classic
is a 2x4 or other large billet of wood usable as a club, to be
applied upside the head of spammers and other people who cause
sysadmins more grief than just naturally goes with the
job. Perennial debates rage on alt.sysadmin.recovery over
what constitutes the truly effective LART; knobkerries,
semiautomatic weapons, flamethrowers, and tactical nukes all have
their partisans. Compare clue-by-four. 2. v. To use a
LART. Some would add "in malice", but some sysadmins do prefer
to gently lart their users as a first (and sometimes final)
warning. 3. interj. Calling for one's LART, much as a surgeon
might call "Scalpel!". 4. interj. [rare] Used in flames as
a rebuke. "LART! LART! LART!"
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.