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adj. Terminally baroque. Used to imply that a program has become so
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encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they
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have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and
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more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during
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the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: Every program eventually becomes
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rococo, and then rubble. Compare critical mass.
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