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In [[computer science]], the term '''automatic programming''' refers to a type of [[computer programming]] in which some mechanism generates a [[computer program]] to allow [[Computer programmer|human programmers]] to write the code at a higher [[abstraction]] level.

== Description ==

There has been little agreement on the precise definition of automatic programming, mostly because its meaning has changed over time.

[[David Parnas]], tracing the history of "automatic programming" in published research, noted that in the 1940s it described automation of the manual process of [[punching paper tape]].

Later it referred to translation of high-level programming languages like Fortran and ALGOL. In fact, one of the earliest programs identifiable as a compiler was called Autocode. Parnas concluded that "automatic programming has always been a euphemism for programming in a higher-level language than was then available to the programmer."

== See also ==

* [[Comparison of code generation tools]]
* [[Computer programming]]
* [[Data transformation]]
* [[Domain-Specific Modeling]] (DSM)
* [[Feature Oriented Programming]]
* [[Inductive programming]]
* [[Language-oriented programming]] (LOP)
* [[Metaprogramming]]
* [[Model Driven Engineering]] (MDE)
* [[Model Driven Architecture]] (MDA)
* [[Modeling language]]
* [[Program synthesis]]
* [[Program transformation]]
* [[Semantic translation]]
* [[Source-to-source compiler]]
* [[Vocabulary-based transformation]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_programming Automatic programming] @ Wikipedia

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 [[David Parnas]], tracing the history of "automatic programming" in published research, noted that in the 1940s it described automation of the manual process of [[punching paper tape]].
-Later it referred to translation of high-level programming languages like Fortran and ALGOL. In fact, one of the earliest programs identifiable as a compiler was called Autocode. Parnas concluded that "automatic programming has always been a euphemism for programming in a higher-level language than was then available to the programmer."
+Later it referred to translation of [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]] like [[Fortran]] and [[ALGOL]].
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