syntactic sugar in English

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    {
      "word": "syntactic salt"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": ": syntactic sugar < → δείτε τις λέξεις syntactic και sugar, Peter J. Landin, 1964",
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "syntactic salt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": syntactic sugar < → δείτε τις λέξεις syntactic και sugar, Peter J. Landin, 1964",
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        "προσθήκες στη σύνταξη μιας γλώσσας προγραμματισμού που κάνουν τον κώδικα ευκολότερο στην ανάγνωση και την γραφή του, αλλά δεν μεταβάλλουν την λειτουργικότητα της γλώσσας."
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"syntactic sugar" meaning in English

Noun