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On 1/10/2012 8:52 AM, Jim Janney wrote:
> Roedy Green<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>  writes:
>
>> What would you call a flaw in a program that had no effect on the
>> results, but needlessly made the program slower or confusing?
>
> What about one that makes it more confusing and needlessly faster?
>


"Needlessly faster" as in the customer didn't need a speed improvement 
in that feature?  I'd say that's Gold Plating.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_plating_%28software_engineering%29>