Priority Inversion | When a source tree closes early for low priority bugs, resulting in developers working on those first and putting the critical stuff off for later. |
Catastrophic subtraction | When code to optimize a "bizarre corner case that never really happens" is removed. |
Fire Fighting | Desperately working to fix bugs to avoid being fired. |
Infinite loop | Inevitable result of programming languages which use an iterator variable but require the iterator be incremented explicitly. |
lightweight, simple | attributes applied to one's preferred solution. For solutions preferred by others, see heavyweight, complex |
Monday, March 28, 2011
Computer Science Terminology
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