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In computer science, anti-patterns are problems that happen frequently in computer programming and that should be avoided in good practice. In other words, while design patterns are good examples, anti-pattern is negative examples. They are also known as pitfalls Among them are:

accidental complexity
accumulate and fire
boat anchor
caching failure
code momentum
code smell

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Perl Design Patterns Book

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