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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rococo</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="robust.html" title="robust"/><link rel="next" href="rogue.html" title="rogue"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rococo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="robust.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rogue.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rococo"/><dt xmlns="" id="rococo"><b>rococo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Terminally <a href="../B/baroque.html"><i class="glossterm">baroque</i></a>. Used to imply that a
program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf
and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design.
Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and
decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said:
&#8220;<span class="quote">Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble.</span>&#8221;
Compare <a href="../C/critical-mass.html"><i class="glossterm">critical mass</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="robust.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rogue.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">robust </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> rogue</td></tr></table></div></body></html>