A programming paradigm in which a program treats other programs, or itself, as data that it can inspect, generate or modify at compile time or run time, used to build tools such as code generators, macros and reflective frameworks.
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Core PrinciplePrograms have the ability to treat other programs as their data. 1 Connections
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1. Metaprogramming - Wikipedia
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Metaprogramming is a computer programming technique in which computer programs have the ability to treat other programs as their data.
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