Talk:Code as data

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Old "data as code" article

Data as code redirects here. It contained an article in the past, which has been moved to Draft:Data as code. Diego (talk) 16:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I copy here the references, as they could be used for a WP:BROADCONCEPT article. Diego (talk) 13:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Data as Code

I read the 2024 paper and it is quite different from the Lisp concept of "code as data", I don't think it can be part of the same article. Per the paper, DaC is "the idea that a single entity is responsible for the generation, storage and interface of data." This entity manages the format of the data, meta-data, documentation, and caching of generated data. In contrast, in Lisp, "code as data" is some basic stuff about manipulating ASTs in macros - there is no caching, no documentation, and no hidden format. I guess the point of some of these sources is that the distinction between code and data is irrelevant, but I would say maybe it is not so simple and we should split the article into two, "code as data" and "data as code". Mathnerd314159 (talk) 17:34, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also per WP:NCCAPS, the second article would be Data as code not Data as Code. For example, see Infrastructure as code. Mathnerd314159 (talk) 17:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]