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- noun computing  Any 
entity thatmanipulates ,creates ,describes , orimplements others 
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I'm not sure that this is entirely accurate, but to me the metaobject protocal is a step toward making classes and metaclasses first class citizens.
Planet TW 2009
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· Object system: CLOS-like object system with metaobject protocol.
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· Object system: CLOS-like object system with metaobject protocol.
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After scratching my head for a while, I realized that Qt stylesheet system probably uses the metaobject information to know the exact class of a widget instance.
Planet KDE 2008
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For example, metaobject protocols are prime examples of reflection in programming languages.
Planet Lisp 2008
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Groovy has a Java language-like syntax and a metaobject protocol that makes Grails possible.
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Jerry: worked on some refactoring of Rakudo's action grammar action methods there were many different types of calls into the metaobject it was quite a mess
Planet Perl 2008
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Jerry: worked on some refactoring of Rakudo's action grammar action methods there were many different types of calls into the metaobject it was quite a mess
Planet Perl 2008
 
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