From a linux cookie:
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Nearly every software professional has heard the term spaghetti code as a
pejorative description for complicated, difficult to understand, and
impossible to maintain, software. However, many people may not know the
other two elements of the complete Pasta Theory of Software.
Lasagna code is used to describe software that has a simple, understandable,
and layered structure. Lasagna code, although structured, is unfortunately
monolithic and not easy to modify. An attempt to change one layer
conceptually simple, is often very difficult in actual practice.
The ideal software structure is one having components that are small and
loosely coupled; this ideal structure is called ravioli code. In ravioli
code, each of the components, or objects, is a package containing some meat
or other nourishment for the system; any component can be modified or
replaced without significantly affecting other components.
We need to go beyond the condemnation of spaghetti code to the active
encouragement of ravioli code.
-- Raymond J. Rubey, in a letter to the editor of Crosstalk
magazine
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Well, althought a little fun, i really found it very illuminating =) I think
that promoting the good
--
Leonardo Pedretti
Axon Sistemas
L�der de Equipo Proyecto Basalto
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