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softcode

verb

Etymology

From soft + code, modelled on earlier hard code.

  1. derived from cōdex
  2. derived from code
  3. inherited from code — “system of law”
  4. compounded as softcode — “soft + code”

Definitions

  1. To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of…

    To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.

    • Keep things soft (as in softcoding) wherever possible. Visit a lawyer and make 'parameterisation' your middle name; it'll sound good at parties, and changes to the system will be far less painful.
    • I have used this technique to build very flexible code generators, softcoded calculation engines for users, and much more.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for softcode. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA