A programming language designed for a particular purpose. For example, Tex is a language used for typesetting, SQL is used to query databases, and Mathematica is used for computations. A domain-specific language (DSL) is more fine tuned to the application environment than a general-purpose programming language.
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- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
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- Blog posts 2009-04-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
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- Blog posts 2009-03-19
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