pragma
/ˈpɹæɡmə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
Example Sentences
- "This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about."
- "[…]users may also want to disable functionality such as function inlining via either a compiler command line option or compiler pragma, depending on the build tools system and functionality supported."
- "It is not possible to specify a pragma for a specific recipient; however, any pragma directive not relevant to a recipient should be ignored by that recipient."
- "At any given minute, we must choose between habitual action and thoughtful action, between Dogma and Pragma."
- ""If it is practical, a pragma, it is a thing and not a theory.""
- "Other speakers railed against “neo-liberal dogma”; but a dogma is a belief that you hold regardless of evidence. No one comes to economic liberalism through dogma. In theory, a planned economy might work better than one left to arrange itself; in practice, it never does. Classical liberalism, far from being a dogma, is a pragma."