"Ousterhout's dichotomy" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Introduced by computer scientist John Ousterhout. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ousterhout's dichotomy
  1. (software engineering) The tendency for high-level programming languages to fall into one of two groups: systems programming languages and scripting languages. Wikipedia link: Ousterhout's dichotomy Categories (topical): Software engineering Related terms: programming in the large, programming in the small
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