SYNTACTIC SALT

Domain	Definition
Computing	Syntactic salt n. The opposite of syntactic sugar, a feature designed to make it harder to write bad code. Specifically, syntactic salt is a hoop the programmer must jump through just to prove that he knows what's going on, rather than to express a program action. Some programmers consider required type declarations to be syntactic salt. A requirement to write `end if', `end while', `end do', etc. to terminate the last block controlled by a control construct (as opposed to just `end') would definitely be syntactic salt. Syntactic salt is like the real thing in that it tends to raise hackers' blood pressures in an unhealthy way. Compare candygrammar. Source: Jargon File.
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Anagrams: SYNTACTIC SALT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-n-s-s-t-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: syntactical.
	-3 letters: syntactics.
	-4 letters: analytics, catalysis, catalysts, catalytic, syntactic, systaltic.
	-5 letters: analysis, analysts, analytic, antistat, attaints, catalyst, cattails, clastics, cycasins, cyclists, nasality, natality, salacity, sanctity, santalic, satanist, scantily, staccati, statical, staysail, tactical, tantalic.
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