Timeline for Is there an accepted term for a DSL implemented in a "standard" programming language?
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 11:55 | comment | added | Deckard | @Berin After reading the question again, I'm actually not sure what exactly the OP wants to know. He asks about DSLs, but the example shows both domain-specific notation and convention over configuration at work. His final comment doesn't clarify this either. I mentioned convention over configuration to make sure he doesn't come away from this discussion thinking they are the same thing (or for that matter, even related). But perhaps I am confusing him even more! | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 11:39 | comment | added | Berin Loritsch | As powerful as convention over configuration is, that doesn't address the OP's question. The syntax used in the OP's example creates a structure that is interpreted and translated into the vendor specific SQL needed to create or drop the tables. This is how many DSLs work. The fact that the framework knows how to make the conversion or find the migrations to apply is not relevant to the question. | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 11:10 | history | edited | Deckard | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited body |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 9:06 | history | answered | Deckard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |