English Explanatory Dictionary

self-interpreter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which interprets itself.
  2. A metacircular interpreter where the host programming language is also the language being interpreted.

Word forms

self-interpreter self-interpreters

Etymology

From self- + interpreter.

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