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banana problem
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n. [from the story of the little girl who said I know how to spell banana ,
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but I don't know when to stop ]. Not knowing where or when to bring a
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production to a close (compare fencepost error ). One may say there is a
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banana problem of an algorithm with poorly defined or incorrect termination
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conditions, or in discussing the evolution of a design that may be
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succumbing to featuritis (see also creeping elegance , creeping featuritis
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). See item 176 under HAKMEM , which describes a banana problem in a
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Dissociated Press implementation. Also, see one-banana problem for a
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superficially similar but unrelated usage.
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