Metaprogramming, code that manipulates code. Examples: macros, templates, eval; quotation, quasiquotation, antiquotation; staged computation; run-time code generation, self-modifying code; MetaOCaml, homogeneous vs. heterogeneous metaprogramming, offshoring code. The F# programming language; background, motivation; mixture of ML and .NET; interlanguage working. Metaprogramming with LINQ: expressions in C#; quotations in F#, strongly typed expression data; using LINQ to map F# source to SQL queries; lightweight runtime code generation; Conway’s Game of Life in F#, outsourced to run on a GPU.
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