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Re:Ribosome – A simple generic code generation tool by HelloNurse on Friday June 18, 2021 @06:53AM (#27549147)
Are you sure the programming language and libraries you are using allow this "higher level code"? Code generators are a general way to write low redundancy "higher level code" as input models and templates with minimal disruption of technology choices, without the effort, uncertainty and unreasonable cost of looking for "better" languages and libraries.
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Re:Ribosome – A simple generic code generation tool by HelloNurse on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:21AM (#27549564)
I suspect your "reality" consists of very small and very homogeneous projects that leave you a fair chance of doing well with simple refactoring and reorganizations, not to mention starting from scratch frequently. But generating code allows you to make changes that cannot be expressed well in your programming language or using your libraries, for example validating the same data in the same way in two different front ends that don't allow refactoring.
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