spaghetti code
 n.

    Code with a complex and tangled control structure, esp. one using many
    GOTOs, exceptions, or other ?unstructured? branching constructs.
    Pejorative. The synonym kangaroo code has been reported, doubtless because
    such code has so many jumps in it.

	

	spaghetti code
kangaroo code

    A pejorative term for code with a complex and
   tangled control structure, especially one using many
   GOTOs, exceptions, or other "unstructured" branching
   constructs.  The synonym "kangaroo code" has been reported,
   doubtless because such code has so many jumps in it.

   [Jargon File]

   (1997-02-17)