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Metaprogramming and Macros

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We can define metaprogramming as the technique that programmers use in order to write code (computer instructions) that, instead of being directly evaluated and executed, produces different code that is in turn evaluated and run by the machine.

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Lobianco, A. (2019). Metaprogramming and Macros. In: Julia Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5190-4_6

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