prototype-based language

noun

A programming language in which behaviour reuse (or inheritance) is performed via cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes.

Opposite
class-based language
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Meanings

nounprototype-based language (plural prototype-based languages)

plural prototype-based languages

  1. computingA programming language in which behaviour reuse (or inheritance) is performed via cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes.

    Antonyms: class-based language

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA programming language in which behaviour reuse (or inheritance) is performed via cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes.

Opposite
class-based language

Translations

German prototypenbasierte Sprache
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