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Date: 02-Feb-96 08:01:15 -0800
 
Subject: Re: Spaghetti Code
 
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From: mail@ih (Karsten Self) {karsten@NEWAGE1.STANFORD.EDU}
 
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For a pictoral description, refer to Ed Yourdon's "Decline and Fall of
 
the American Programmer", or any good introductory general coding text.
 
 
 
'Spaghetti code' refers generally to unstructured code, especially code
 
using goto statements, having nested or overlapping loops (loop a
includes
 
loop b includes half of loop b), and similar contructs which make tracing
 
program flow and logic difficult.  Inverse would be structured code,
 
using subroutines, modules, and 'gosub', 'link', or 'case' statements.
 
 
 
By default, all SAS code is included (Spaghetti As Spaghetti is the
actual
 
derivation of the name 'SAS').
 
 
 
The name refers to what a flowchart (if you're not familiar with that
 
term, you'll find it in any good encyclopedia under medieval torture
 
devices) of such a program looks like:  a tangled mess of spaghetti.
 
There are different flavors:  alfredo, neopolitan, parmasian, clam
 
sauce....
 
 
 
On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Jules Bosch wrote:
 
 
 
> I have often seen reference to the subject but I have never heard or
seen
 
> any definition of its true meaning.
 
>
 
> Any thoughts?
 
>
 
> TIA.
 
>
 
> Jules Bosch
 
> jules_bosch@mcimail.com
 
>
 
 
 
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Karsten M. Self -- Sr. SAS Programmer/Analyst
 
            Sierra Information Services, Inc.
 
  Contracting for NBER at Stanford University
 
 
 
  Karsten@newage1.Stanford.EDU
 
  KMSelf@ix.netcom.com
 
 
 
What part of gestalt don't you understand?