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Ousterhout's dichotomy

Ousterhout's dichotomy proper noun: the tendency for high-level programming languages to fall into one of two groups: systems programming languages and scripting languages.

Proper noun

Ousterhout's dichotomy

  1. The tendency for high-level programming languages to fall into one of two groups: systems programming languages and scripting languages.

Origin of Ousterhout's dichotomy

Introduced by computer scientist John Ousterhout.

Questions about Ousterhout's dichotomy

What does Ousterhout's dichotomy mean?
Ousterhout's dichotomy means the tendency for high-level programming languages to fall into one of two groups: systems programming languages and scripting languages.
What part of speech is Ousterhout's dichotomy?
Ousterhout's dichotomy is a proper noun.

Words near Ousterhout's dichotomy in the dictionary

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