Homoiconic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting homoiconicity. not-comparable

    "Instead, the homoiconic paradigm draws from the mathematics of computability theory. […] In the case of a homoiconic programming language, the program processes itself, performing mechanical reductions on the application until there is nothing left except the answer."

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"Instead, the homoiconic paradigm draws from the mathematics of computability theory. […] In the case of a homoiconic programming language, the program processes itself, performing mechanical reductions on the application until there is nothing left except the answer."

Etymology

From homo- (“self-”) + iconic (“representing”).

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