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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>toy language</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="toy.html" title="toy"/><link rel="next" href="toy-problem.html" title="toy problem"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">toy language</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="toy-problem.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="toy-language"/><dt xmlns="" id="toy-language"><b>toy language</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A language useful for instructional purposes or as a
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proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory, but inadequate
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for general-purpose programming. <a href="../B/Bad-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Bad Thing</i></a>s can
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result when a toy language is promoted as a general purpose solution for
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programming (see <a href="../B/bondage-and-discipline-language.html"><i class="glossterm">bondage-and-discipline language</i></a>);
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the classic example is <a href="../P/Pascal.html"><i class="glossterm">Pascal</i></a>. Several moderately
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well-known formalisms for conceptual tasks such as programming Turing
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machines also qualify as toy languages in a less negative sense. See also
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<a href="../M/MFTL.html"><i class="glossterm">MFTL</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toy.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="toy-problem.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">toy<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>toy problem</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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