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syntactic sugar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
syn-tac-tic -sug-ar
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Additions to the syntax of a programming language that make code easier for humans to read or write, but that do not change the functionality or expressiveness of the language.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Attributed to British computer scientist Peter Landin.

Usage

Derived Forms

desugar desugared

Phrases

syntactic saccharin syntactic salt syntactic syrup pretty-print

Frequently Paired Words

pretty-print syntactic salt

Questions

What does syntactic sugar mean?
Additions to the syntax of a programming language that make code easier for humans to read or write, but that do not change the functionality or expressiveness of the language.
Where does syntactic sugar come from?
Attributed to British computer scientist Peter Landin.

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