spaghetti code

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spaghetti code

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derogatory, informal, uncountable Unstructured or poorly structured program source code. The descriptive name for logically snarled program statements is spaghetti code, because the logic is as hard to follow as one noodle through a plate of spaghetti. Not only is spaghetti code confusing, but also the programs that contain it are prone to error, difficult to reuse, and hard to use as b
Similar: spaghetti
dated, derogatory, informal, uncountable Code with many GOTO statements or their equivalent.
Similar: spaghetti

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中文	屎山 shǐshān, 屎山代碼 /屎山代码 shǐshān dàimǎ
Deutsch	Spaghetticode

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@misc{spaghetti_code_2026,
  title = {spaghetti code},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spaghetti%20code},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}