Code Sculpting? :)

I don't know what to call it. To be honest, though, it's the approach I usually end up taking on my first pass at a coding problem. As I code I gain a better understanding of the problem I'm solving -- this in turn affects how I partition my code as my solution becomes more robust. It's a feedback cycle, and one that causes many software architects to quake in their boots.

I don't advocate the method for a large-scale design project.

Matt