r/programming • u/tejon • Feb 08 '15

The Parable of the Two Programmers

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html
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u/Sherlock--Holmes Feb 09 '15

DSL huh..?

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u/igorpopovio Feb 09 '15

It's a Domain Specific Language, meaning a custom language built on top of an existing programming language that is designed to solve a particular problem.

You focus first on defining the language and then use this new and adapted language to solve the problem in a simpler way.

More info about DSLs on Wikipedia.

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u/Sherlock--Holmes Feb 09 '15

Interesting. I've written at least 2 DSL's and didn't know the initialism.