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Metalanguage

"Meta" is a Greek prefix meaning "situated behind or beyond". Metalanguage , is therefore a "language beyond language". ML and Scheme are two languages used by computer programmers.

URLs:

The Metalanguage ML: This document describes the metalanguage ML in excruciating detail.
Scheme FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions: The FAQ for Scheme, another metalanguage.

W3E References:

compiler
interpreter

Print References:

Essentials of Programming Languages. Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, and Christopher T. Haynes. MIT Press (trade, ISBN 0-262-06145-7) and McGraw Hill (academic, ISBN 0-07-022443-9). 1992.

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