[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

gang bang n. 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",
   and large numbers of loosely-coupled programmers operating in bazaar
   mode can do very useful work when they're not on a deadline, most are
   perpetrated by large companies trying to meet unrealistic 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 to epsilon. see also firefighting, mongolian hordes
   technique, conway's law.


see also:
bazaar orthogonal epsilon firefighting mongolian hordes technique conway's law 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

gang bang
     
        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
     
     
see also:
orthogonal firefighting mongolian hordes technique conway's law jargon file 

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