taste: [primarily MIT] n. 1. The quality in a program that
tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks,
and kluges programmed into it. Also `tasty', `tasteful',
`tastefulness'. "This feature comes in N tasty flavors." Although
`tasty' and `flavorful' are essentially synonyms, `taste' and
flavor are not. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the
creator; a program or feature can _exhibit_ taste but cannot _have_
taste. On the other hand, a feature can have flavor. Also,
flavor has the additional meaning of `kind' or `variety' not
shared by `taste'. The marked sense of flavor is more popular than
`taste', though both are widely used. See also elegant. 2.
Alt. sp. of tayste.
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