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What is the worst code you ever saw? [closed]

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Closed as too generic by Mithical‭ on Sep 26, 2020 at 19:43

This post contains multiple questions or has many possible indistinguishable correct answers or requires extraordinary long answers.

This question was closed; new answers can no longer be added. Users with the reopen privilege may vote to reopen this question if it has been improved or closed incorrectly.

In the interest of learning from the mistakes of other people:

What is the worst code you ever saw? What made it so bad?

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meriton‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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Might one of the down or close voters be so kind as to give more specific feedback why they disliked this question? The close reason given is a bit ... generic ...

jla‭ wrote about 4 years ago · edited about 4 years ago
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I'm not one of the down/close voters - but to me the questions seems like it doesn't have any problem to solve and wants to collate anecdotal answers, which would be better suited for a forum discussion than a Q&A site. That being said, I did learn something from your answer.

Alexei‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/434414/what-is-the-most-evil-code-you-have-ever-seen-in-a-production-enterprise-environ/927301

Mithical‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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I closed this post because it's asking for personal anecdotes; there's an infinite number of possible answers to such a question, and as such doesn't fit so well into a Q&A format. It might be better suited to chat, or possibly a series of blog posts (which you might want to discuss in the Meta category). See also How to ask a great question in the Help Center.