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In [[software development]], '''Small Matter of Programming''' ('''SMOP''') or '''Simple Matter of Programming''' is a phrase used to ironically indicate that a suggested feature or design change would in fact require a great deal of effort; it often implies that the person proposing the feature underestimates its cost. Such underestimated costs are common during [[Cost estimation in software engineering|cost estimation]], particularly near the beginning of a project. The [[Jargon File]] describes an SMOP<ref>[http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/SMOP.html Simple Matter of Programming] ([[Jargon File]], version 4.4.7)</ref> as:
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