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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spaghetti code</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="SPACEWAR.html" title="SPACEWAR"/><link rel="next" href="spaghetti-inheritance.html" title="spaghetti inheritance"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spaghetti code</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SPACEWAR.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spaghetti-inheritance.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spaghetti-code"/><dt xmlns="" id="spaghetti-code"><b>spaghetti code</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Code with a complex and tangled control structure, esp. one using
many GOTOs, exceptions, or other &#8216;unstructured&#8217; branching
constructs. Pejorative. The synonym <span class="firstterm">kangaroo
code</span> has been reported, doubtless because such code has so many
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