Code Cancer

Computer code that starts out small, and through extensions gains a few "bad practice" changes. Over the years, extensions mirroring the bad practice start adding up, until physical symptoms begin to appear. The system may become slow and unresponsive but it still work, for example, so it continues to grow uncontrollably.

Once this happens, there are no good options. You are forced to choose between the software development equivalents of chemotherapy or radical surgery.

Like other forms of cancer, early detection and treatment is the best option.

16000 lines of code full of elseif statements that takes far too long to load and display a single invoice is a fine example of Code Cancer.

The story is called "Immutable Invoices" on "TheDailyWTF"

by TheHub November 24, 2009

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Semi-Colon Cancer

1. A cancer that occurs in the semi-colon. It is deadly. Side-effects include: a coma and/or massive periods, even in men.

2. A minor bout of colon cancer, not to be confused with number 1.

3. A semi-colon that pops outs out of your printer, copier, scanner, etc. irregularly.

I have a period and I'm a man. I must have Semi-Colon Cancer! Darn it.

by Whitem@il January 6, 2011

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statisticular cancer

The disease of person (often politician or journalist) who is constantly spewing statistics and refuses to back up their arguments with anything else.

Person 1: Dude, Bush refuses to use anything but numbers to prove that the Iraq war was a good idea.

Person 2: I know, he's totally got statisticular cancer.

by montycus October 10, 2007

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