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61Recursive acronym — A recursive acronym (synonymous with metacronym,[1] recursive initialism, and recursive backronym) is an acronym or initialism that refers to itself in the expression for which it stands. The term was first used in print in April 1986.[2]… …
62Design by contract — (DbC) or Programming by Contract is an approach to designing computer software. It prescribes that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications for software components, which extend the ordinary… …
63GNU m4 — Infobox Software name = GNU m4 caption = developer = latest release version = 1.4.11 latest release date = latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = Unix like platform = genre = m4 macro preprocessor license = GNU Lesser… …
64C++ — The C++ Programming Language, written by its architect, is the seminal book on the language. Paradigm(s) Multi paradigm:[1] procedural …
65Generic programming — is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of to be specified later types that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as parameters and was pioneered by Ada which appeared in 1983. This… …
66List of programming languages by category — Programming language lists Alphabetical Categorical Chronological Generational This is a list of programming languages grouped by category. Some languages are listed in multiple categories. Contents …
67List comprehension — A list comprehension is a syntactic construct available in some programming languages for creating a list based on existing lists. It follows the form of the mathematical set builder notation (set comprehension) as distinct from the use of map… …
68Burroughs large systems — The Burroughs large systems were the largest of three series of Burroughs Corporation mainframe computers. Founded in the 1880s, Burroughs was the oldest continuously operating entity in computing, but by the late 1950s its computing equipment… …
69Hygienic macro — Hygienic macros are macros whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause collisions with existing symbol definitions. They are a feature of programming languages such as Scheme and Dylan. Contents 1 The hygiene problem 2 Strategies 3 Hygienic macro… …
70Dead code elimination — In compiler theory, dead code elimination is a compiler optimization to remove code which does not affect the program results. Removing such code has two benefits: it shrinks program size, an important consideration in some contexts, and it… …
