metacircularity
The property of an interpreter that is written in the same programming language that…The property of an interpreter that is written in the same programming language that it interprets, and that exploits homoiconicity to reuse the existing facilities of the parent interpreter rather than reimplementing them.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The property of an interpreter that is written in the same programming language that it interprets, and that exploits homoiconicity to reuse the existing facilities of the parent interpreter rather than reimplementing them.
Origin
From meta- + circularity.From meta- + circularity.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmetacircular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable