Cargo cult programming
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cargo-cult-programming-204-1581461
title:
Cargo cult programming
text:
Cargo cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo cult programming is symptomatic of a programmer not understanding either a bug they were attempting to solve or the apparent solution. The term cargo cult programmer may apply when anyone inexperienced with the problem at hand copies some program code from one place to another with little understanding of how it works or whether it is req
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ritual inclusion of computer code that serve no purpose
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming
date created:
2002-09-12T15:04:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:33:35Z
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