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'''Note'''Note: this article is currently a work in progress.''''

'''Extensible programming''' is a term used in [[computer science]] to describe a style of computer programming that focuses on mechanisms to extend the [[programming language]](s), [[compiler]] and [[runtime]] environment. A system that supports extensible programming will provide ''all'' of the following features: described below.

* Extensible syntax

* Extensible compiler

* Extensible runtime

* Content separated from form

* Source language debugging support

Each of these aspects of extensible programming are described in further detail below.

== Extensible Syntax ==