From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: ell@access.digex.net (Ell) Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/02 Message-ID: <35ee53d7.969574@news.erols.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 387135359 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6renh8$ga7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f51e53.48044143@ <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6shbca$66c$1@news.indigo.ie> <6shhq7$lut$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6sjbso$1lk$2@news.indigo.ie> <6sjijg$36r$1@hirame.wwa.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 904746247 13657 207.172.53.77 (2 Sep 1998 14:24:07 GMT) Organization: Universe Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: ell@access.digex.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:41:47 -0500, "Robert Martin" wrote: >Gerry Quinn wrote in message <6sjbso$1lk$2@news.indigo.ie>... > >>I would say rather that [spaghetti] is an objective term, nowadays used >>incorrectly as a term of abuse by those who do not actually understand >>the meaning of the word. >FYI, here is the entry in the Hacker Jargon Dictionary: > >spaghetti code /n./ Code with a complex and tangled control structure, esp. >one using many GOTOs, exceptions, or other `unstructured' branching >constructs. Pejorative. The synonym `kangaroo code' has been reported, >doubtless because such code has so many jumps in it. 'exit', and 'return' are not "unstructured" branching as I see it. Elliott