[common] Feature-encrusted; complex;
gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software
designs, this has many of the connotations of elephantine or
monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself.
"Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to its
letterform output. Now that is baroque!" See also
rococo.
heavyweight adj.
[common] High-overhead; baroque
code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Esp. used of
communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of
implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of
implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane
considerations such as speed, memory utilization, and startup time....
heavyweight: adj. High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive
featureful, but costly. Esp. used of communication protocols,
language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum
generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the
expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory
utilization, and startup time....