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despaghettify

/ˌdiː.spəˈɡɛ.tɪ.faɪ/

despaghettify verb: to refactor spaghetti code.

Verb

despaghettify (third-person singular simple present despaghettifies, present participle despaghettifying, simple past and past participle despaghettified)

  1. (transitive) To refactor spaghetti code.
    • You could do, but I need to despaghettify the code first.
    • My program is not huge <5000 lines, but it has been hacked about since 1978, with dire results. I get a bad headache trying to follow the logic. I would be happy to upload and then download the despaghettified code so as not to infringe licence regulations. Please help!1993 January 19, ro...@ruchem.ru.ac.za, “spaghetti”, in comp.lang.fortran (Usenet)

Forms of despaghettify

third-person singular presentdespaghettifies
present participledespaghettifying
past participledespaghettified
pastdespaghettified
alternative formde-spaghettify

Origin of despaghettify

From de- + spaghetti + -fy, compare spaghetti code.

Words formed from despaghettify

Questions about despaghettify

What does despaghettify mean?
Despaghettify means to refactor spaghetti code.
What part of speech is despaghettify?
Despaghettify is a verb.
How do you pronounce despaghettify?
Despaghettify is pronounced /ˌdiː.spəˈɡɛ.tɪ.faɪ/.
What is the past tense of despaghettify?
The past tense of despaghettify is despaghettified.

Words near despaghettify in the dictionary

  1. despachos
  2. despaghettification
  3. despaghettifications
  4. despaghettified
  5. despaghettifies
  6. despaghettify
  7. despaghettifying
  8. Despain
  9. Despains
  10. despair
  11. despaire

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