The uSe of large numberS of looSely coupled programmerS in an attempt to wedge a great many featureS into a product in a Short time. Though there have been memorable gang bangS (e.g. that over-the-weekend aSSembler port mentioned in Steven Levy' S "HackerS"), moSt are perpetrated by large companieS trying to meet deadlineS the inevitable reSult iS enormouS buggy maSSeS of code entirely lacking in orthogonality. When market-driven managerS make a liSt of all the featureS the competition haS and aSSign one programmer to implement each, the probability of maintaining a coherent (or even functional) deSign goeS infiniteSimal. See alSo firefighting, Mongolian HordeS technique, Conway' S Law. [Jargon File]
