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Code bloat

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Code bloat is the production of executable code that is unnecessarily long, slow, or otherwise wasteful of resources. It can stem from inadequacies in the programming language, the compiler, or the programmer. While it generally refers to source code size, it may also describe generated code size or binary file size.

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