CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2010/ch4 4g km
Metaprogramming in dynamically typed languages
Introduction
Previous article on the Command pattern in static and dynamic languages
Metaprogramming is the ability for a computer program to manipulate itself or other programs at the time of compilation as opposed to performing this manipulations at runtime. This tends to allow for greater flexibility for a program to handle new situations.
Example of Metaprogramming
Dynamic Programming Languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming_language
Conclusion
What’s Next?
In the next article for which the link does not exist yet, we will look at static-analysis tools for Ruby.