[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

deep magic n. poss. from c. s. lewis's "narnia" books an awesomely
   arcane technique central to a program or system, esp. one neither
   generally published nor available to hackers at large compare black
   art; one that could only have been composed by a true wizard.
   compiler optimization techniques and many aspects of os design used to
   be deep magic; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing,
   graphics, and ai still are. compare heavy wizardry. esp. found in
   comments of the form "deep magic begins here...". compare voodoo
   programming.


see also:
black art wizard os deep magic heavy wizardry voodoo programming 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

deep magic
     
        possibly from c. s. lewis's "narnia" books an awesomely
        arcane technique central to a program or system, especially
        one neither generally published nor available to hackers at
        large compare black art; one that could only have been
        composed by a true wizard.  compiler optimisation techniques
        and many aspects of os design used to be deep magic; many
        techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and
        ai still are.  compare heavy wizardry.  especially found in
        comments of the form "deep magic begins here.".  compare
        voodoo programming.
     
     
see also:
black art wizard os deep magic heavy wizardry voodoo programming 

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