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pyramid of doom

pyramid of doom noun: the presence of many levels of nested indentation in source code, making it difficult for a person to read.

Noun

pyramid of doom (plural pyramids of doom)

  1. (informal) The presence of many levels of nested indentation in source code, making it difficult for a person to read.
    • It turns out that one way we can look at Bind is as a recipe against the pyramid of doom.2022, Enrico Buonanno, Functional Programming in C#, Second edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Forms of pyramid of doom

pluralpyramids of doom

Questions about pyramid of doom

What does pyramid of doom mean?
Pyramid of doom means the presence of many levels of nested indentation in source code, making it difficult for a person to read.
What part of speech is pyramid of doom?
Pyramid of doom is a noun.
What is the plural of pyramid of doom?
The plural of pyramid of doom is pyramids of doom.

Words near pyramid of doom in the dictionary

  1. pyramid elimias
  2. Pyramid Hill
  3. pyramid hip roof
  4. pyramid inch
  5. pyramid inches
  6. pyramid of doom
  7. pyramid piano
  8. pyramid pianos
  9. pyramid pool
  10. pyramid roof
  11. pyramid scheme

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