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		cabalamat on Dec 19, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Writing DSL in Python > So, most of what we normally call "DSLs," (i.e. method chaining languages, overloading operators) aren't. I don't call these things DSLs. Other people might.

wilkes on Dec 19, 2008 | [–]

http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainSpecificLanguage.htm... distinguishes between Internal and External DSLs. Internal DSLs are a style of programming, usually non-idiomatic. External DSls require parsing.

apgwoz on Dec 19, 2008 | [–]

> Other people might.

Other people do. Maybe it's not the proper terminology, but it's too common to ignore it.

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