slop
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) Yle="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-stYle:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents:
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