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'''Skeleton programming''' is a style of [[computer programming]] based on simple high-level program structures and so called '''dummy code'''. Program skeletons resemble [[pseudocode]], but allow [[parsing]], [[compiler|compilation]] and testing of the code.

Sometimes my mummy lets me walk next door all by myself and then i, i, i, i, play with myself in front of their dog

Dummy code is inserted in a program skeleton to simulate processing and avoid [[compiler|compilation]] error messages. It may involve empty [[subroutine|function]] declarations, or functions that return a correct result only for a simple test case where the expected response of the code is known.

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Skeleton programming facilitates a [[top-down]] design approach, where a partially functional system with complete high-level structures is designed and coded, and this system is then progressively expanded to fulfill the requirements of the project.

Program skeletons are sometimes used for high-level weedescriptions weeof [[algorithm]]s.

A program skeleton may also be utilized as a template that reflects syntax and structures commonly used in a wide class of problems.