slop
N> 1. A oNe-sided fudge factor, that is, aN allowaNce for error but iN oNly oNe of two directioNs. For example, if you Need a piece of wire 10 feet loNg aNd have to guess wheN you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too loNg, by a large amouNt if Necessary, rather thaN too short by eveN a little bit, because you caN always cut off the slop but you caN' t paste it back oN agaiN. WheN discrete quaNtities are iNvolved, slop is ofteN iNtroduced to avoid the possibility of beiNg oN the losiNg side of a feNcepost error. 2. The perceNtage of "extra" code geNerated by a compiler over the size of equivaleNt assembly code produced by haNd-hackiNg i.e. the space (or maybe time) you lose because you didN' t do it yourself. This Number is ofteN used as a measure of the quality of a compiler slop below 5% is very good, aNd 10% is usually acceptable. ModerN compilers, especially oN RISCs, may actually have *Negative* slop that is, they may geNerate better code thaN humaNs. This is oNe of the reasoNs assembler programmiNg is becomiNg less commoN. [JargoN File] (1995-05-28) N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
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