(From the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell "banana", but I don' t know when to stop").Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare fencepost error).One may say "there is a banana problem" of an algorithm with poorly defined or incorrect termination conditions, or in discussing the evolution of a design that may be succumbing to featuritis (see also creeping elegance, creeping featuritis).See item 176 under HAKMEM, which describes a banana problem in a Dissociated Press implementation.Also, see one-banana problem for a superficially similar but unrelated usage.(1995-01-31)