pragma
The origin and history of pragma.
Etymology
Taken from Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). In its technical senses it may instead be a back-formation from pragmatic, or a clipping of pragmat, a form used earlier in ALGOL.
The origin and history of pragma.
Taken from Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). In its technical senses it may instead be a back-formation from pragmatic, or a clipping of pragmat, a form used earlier in ALGOL.
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