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homoiconicity

feature of a programming language that a program written in it can be manipulated as data using the language, and thus the program's internal representation can be inferred just by reading the program itself
Class type of: metaprogramming Q925488
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Summary

homoiconicity is a computer science term[1].

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: metaprogramming[2]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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