metaprogramming

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Meaning

1. noun The writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that perform operations at runtime that would typically be done at compile time.

Similar words

metaprogram metaprogrammer template metaprogramming programming macroprogramming computer programming uniprogramming metacompilation preprocessor metacompiler

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