Editing Pidgin code (section)

{{short description|Mixture of several programming languages in the same program}}
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In [[computer programming]], '''pidgin code''' is a mixture of several [[programming language]]s in the same program, or mathematical [[pseudocode]] that is a mixture of a programming language with [[natural language]] descriptions.<ref name="n549">{{cite book | title=DAT10603 Programming Principle | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78dO3P_QjPgC | publisher=Center for Diploma Studies, Hannes Masandig |page=125}}</ref><ref name="l762">{{cite web | title=Pseudocode | website=CodeDocs | date=2021-06-18 | url=https://codedocs.org/what-is/pseudocode | access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref> Hence the name: the mixture is a programming language analogous to a [[pidgin]] in [[natural language]]s.