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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.

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Nearby terms:

Write-Once Read-Many ♦ write-only code ♦ write-only language ♦ write-only memory

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