write-only code
[a play on "read-only memory"] Code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that
it cannot be modified or even comprehended by anyone but its author, and
possibly not even by him/her. A Bad Thing.
[Jargon File]
Nearby terms:
write-back « write buffer « Write-Once Read-Many «
write-only code » write-only language »
write-only memory » write-through
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