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> metaprogramming is rare In Java? Not really. Spring has been around since 2003 or so.
by tannhaeuser 7y ago
> metaprogramming is rare
In Java? Not really. Spring has been around since 2003 or so.
- sam_lowry_ 7y agoI guess he was referring not to metaprogramming in the common sense, but to the change of behaviour of built-in methods and classes.
- tannhaeuser 7y agoAh, I thought that's called "monkey patching".
- michaelcampbell 7y agoHaving a framework do metaprogramming, and using that framework is one thing. I think that they mean user-level metaprogramming. This is MUCH more evident in dynamic languages.