<s>
In	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
creeping	B-General_Concept
elegance	I-General_Concept
,	O
related	O
to	O
creeping	O
featurism	O
and	O
second-system	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
the	O
tendency	O
of	O
programmers	B-Application
to	O
disproportionately	O
emphasize	O
elegance	O
in	O
software	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
other	O
requirements	O
such	O
as	O
functionality	O
,	O
shipping	O
schedule	O
,	O
and	O
usability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creeping	B-General_Concept
elegance	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
forced	O
by	O
customers	O
and	O
sales	O
personnel	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
stages	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
one	O
comes	O
up	O
with	O
"	O
just	O
another	O
feature	O
"	O
before	O
the	O
delivery	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	B-Application
developer	I-Application
is	O
left	O
with	O
the	O
hopeless	O
case	O
of	O
prioritizing	O
between	O
delivery	O
on	O
time	O
according	O
to	O
schedule	O
or	O
to	O
fully	O
satisfy	O
customers	O
and/or	O
the	O
sales	O
department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complexity	O
and	O
readability	O
are	O
the	O
main	O
reasons	O
why	O
programmers	B-Application
tend	O
to	O
favor	O
elegance	O
over	O
functionality	O
all	O
else	O
being	O
equal	O
,	O
simply	O
to	O
mitigate	O
the	O
more	O
marginal	O
cognitive	O
burden	O
of	O
the	O
task	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
very	O
high	O
compared	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
fields	O
even	O
in	O
computer	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
definitely	O
an	O
area	O
in	O
which	O
management	O
and	O
marketing	O
conflict	O
a	O
lot	O
with	O
programmers	B-Application
,	O
but	O
most	O
programmers	B-Application
will	O
behave	O
very	O
petulantly	O
when	O
asked	O
to	O
dive	O
into	O
a	O
cesspit	O
of	O
ancient	O
,	O
complex	O
,	O
poorly	O
documented	O
and	O
,	O
hackish	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
often	O
this	O
will	O
lead	O
to	O
easter	O
eggs	O
and	O
intentional	O
exploit	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
staff	O
turnover	O
.	O
</s>
