Symbolic programming
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Symbolic programming is a conceptual framework for developing algorithms based on the idea that formulas and program components can be manipulated as if they themselves are data[1]. In languages such as LISP and Prolog that support the symbolic programming paradigm, variables may reference portions of programmed functionality in addition to static data[2]. Through symbolic programming, complex processes can be developed that build other more intricate processes by dynamically combining smaller units of functionality.