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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by tannhaeuser on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:47AM (#20360124)
> metaprogramming is rare

In Java? Not really. Spring has been around since 2003 or so.

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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by michaelcampbell on Friday July 05, 2019 @09:04AM (#20362212)
Having a framework do metaprogramming, and using that framework is one thing. I think that they mean user-level metaprogramming. This is MUCH more evident in dynamic languages.
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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by sam_lowry_ on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:32AM (#20360312)
I guess he was referring not to metaprogramming in the common sense, but to the change of behaviour of built-in methods and classes.
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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by tannhaeuser on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:23AM (#20361061)
Ah, I thought that's called "monkey patching".
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