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what does meta-programming mean ?! [Resolved]

Started by zaidgs Apr 26, 2004 at 12:06 PM 3 replies 350+ views
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zaidgs
zaidgs
i have heard a lot: "meta-programming" on these forums, but still don't know what it means.... will anyone simply explain it to me ?!?! [edited by - zaidgs on April 26, 2004 3:10:17 PM]
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Agony
Agony
Google is our friend.

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

-Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, "Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind"
"We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas nly, and not for things themselves." - John Locke o
Fruny
Fruny
Literally, "programming about programs". A program whose output is a program (compiler, code-generator...) is a meta-program.
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan
zaidgs
zaidgs
thanks for replies, thats all i needed :D

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