ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Metaprogramming

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Metaprogramming is a noun meaning (programming) 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.

Meaning

(programming) 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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include metaprogram, metaprogrammer, programming, macroprogramming, uniprogramming, metacompilation.

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