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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.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/LispNotes/FirstLectureOnSymbolicProgramming.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/symbolic-programming/4950308-1.html
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