Editing Domain-specific language (section)

===Metacompilers===
{{Further|Metacompiler}}
Complementing [[language-oriented programming]], as well as all other forms of domain-specific languages, are the class of compiler writing tools called [[metacompiler]]s. A metacompiler is not only useful for generating [[parser]]s and [[code generation (compiler)|code generators]] for domain-specific languages, but a [[metacompiler]] itself compiles a domain-specific [[metalanguage]] specifically designed for the domain of [[metaprogramming]].

Besides parsing domain-specific languages, metacompilers are useful for generating a wide range of software engineering and analysis tools.  The meta-compiler methodology is often found in [[Program transformation|program transformation systems]].

Metacompilers that played a significant role in both computer science and the computer industry include [[META II|Meta-II]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Shorre |first=D. V. |title=Proceedings of the 1964 19th ACM national conference |chapter=META II a syntax-oriented compiler writing language |pages=41.301–41.3011 |year=1964 |doi=10.1145/800257.808896 |s2cid=43144779 }}</ref> and its descendant [[TREE-META|TreeMeta]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=C. Stephen |last1=Carr |first2=David A. |last2=Luther |first3=Sherian |last3=Erdmann |date=1969 |title=The TREE-META Compiler-Compiler System: A Meta Compiler System for the Univac 1108 and General Electric 645 |journal=University of Utah Technical Report RADC-TR-69-83 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0855122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201193225/https://apps.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0855122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2020 }}</ref>