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Re:Automatic programming: write code that writes code by jwilliams on Saturday May 12, 2012 @07:12PM (#3965482)
You can build successive abstractions using meta-programming.

All you're talking about is taking your abstraction and calling it a "tool".

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Re:Automatic programming: write code that writes code by gouranga on Sunday May 13, 2012 @06:59AM (#3966677)
You can but you introduce a "forward-only" semantic translation prior to compilation which changes the meaning of the code irreversably.

A basic abstraction remains untouched in the underlying implementation. It's just a call away.

There are semantic and technical differences between abstraction and meta-programming.

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