Shifting meanings: "Spaghetti Code"?

Gordon JC Pearce gordon at gjcp.net
Thu Aug 16 13:46:34 CDT 2007


On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:25 -0700, Brian Knittel wrote:
> > "... It is also easier to debug because it does not use the 
> > structures of nested if-then-else statements known as spaghetti code 
> > popular in conventional programming languages."
> ...
> > When did the meaning change?
> 
> It hasn't. Let's just say that the quoted speaker has 
> his own take on things.
> 
> http://www.vsmerlot.com/
> 
> Click the "Wasn't the GOTO" link to see what he's
> talking about.

I would, but the site has broken CSS, so when I hover my mouse over the
link the whole thing jitters up and down.

Gordon




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