Hi, im learning how to program on my own at home, and i just came across this term. Code-cutting, the website i found it on didn't explain what it was and i was just wondering if anyone knew what code cutting meant. I'm assuming that it is just coping and pasteing code. Would that be correct? [edited by - Surg AKA Kunark on February 21, 2003 12:03:07 PM]

I think that code-cutting just refers to the process of writing the code. First you analyze and design and agree with the users what they want, and then you do the code-cutting - my guess would be that it''s like making a house or a piece of furniture - finding out what you want to make, and then getting down to cutting the wood.

It''s just a slang term for programming ("cut some code"), in the same way that texture artists are "pixel pushers". It''s also a term used in locksmithing.

If I''m not wrong, this should be the explanation.
First, you laydown the instructions to execute in a general format, i.e.

obtain the customer''s details
process it
generate report

then you''ll expand it by translating it into psedocode.

procedure xxx
original isoftype Num.
read(original)
x isoftype Num.
x <- Process(original)
print(original)
end procedure //xxx

Now you''ll conduct optimization on the code.

Thanx all for your help. I greatly apprecieate it.