<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
automatic	B-Application
programming	I-Application
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
in	O
which	O
some	O
mechanism	O
generates	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
to	O
allow	O
human	O
programmers	B-Application
to	O
write	O
the	O
code	O
at	O
a	O
higher	O
abstraction	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
has	O
been	O
little	O
agreement	O
on	O
the	O
precise	O
definition	O
of	O
automatic	B-Application
programming	I-Application
,	O
mostly	O
because	O
its	O
meaning	O
has	O
changed	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Parnas	O
,	O
tracing	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
"	O
automatic	B-Application
programming	I-Application
"	O
in	O
published	O
research	O
,	O
noted	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
1940s	O
it	O
described	O
automation	O
of	O
the	O
manual	O
process	O
of	O
punching	O
paper	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
it	O
referred	O
to	O
translation	O
of	O
high-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
like	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
ALGOL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
programs	O
identifiable	O
as	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
called	O
Autocode	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parnas	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
automatic	B-Application
programming	I-Application
has	O
always	O
been	O
a	O
euphemism	O
for	O
programming	O
in	O
a	O
higher-level	O
language	O
than	O
was	O
then	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
programmer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Program	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
is	O
one	O
type	O
of	O
automatic	B-Application
programming	I-Application
where	O
a	O
procedure	O
is	O
created	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
mathematical	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mildred	O
Koss	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
UNIVAC	O
programmer	B-Application
,	O
explains	O
:	O
"	O
Writing	O
machine	O
code	O
involved	O
several	O
tedious	O
steps	O
—	O
breaking	O
down	O
a	O
process	O
into	O
discrete	O
instructions	O
,	O
assigning	O
specific	O
memory	O
locations	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
commands	O
,	O
and	O
managing	O
the	O
I/O	O
buffers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
interpreters	O
,	O
assemblers	O
,	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
and	O
generators	O
—	O
programs	O
designed	O
to	O
operate	O
on	O
or	O
produce	O
other	O
programs	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
automatic	O
programming.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Generative	O
programming	O
and	O
the	O
related	O
term	O
meta-programming	B-Application
are	O
concepts	O
whereby	O
programs	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
"	O
to	O
manufacture	O
software	B-Architecture
components	I-Architecture
in	O
an	O
automated	O
way	O
"	O
just	O
as	O
automation	O
has	O
improved	O
"	O
production	O
of	O
traditional	O
commodities	O
such	O
as	O
garments	O
,	O
automobiles	O
,	O
chemicals	O
,	O
and	O
electronics.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
improve	O
programmer	B-Application
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
related	O
to	O
code-reuse	O
topics	O
such	O
as	O
component-based	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
engineering	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source-code	O
generation	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
generating	O
source	O
code	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
problem	O
or	O
an	O
ontological	O
model	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
template	B-Language
and	O
is	O
accomplished	O
with	O
a	O
programming	B-Application
tool	I-Application
such	O
as	O
a	O
template	B-Language
processor	I-Language
or	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
programming	O
languages	O
are	O
well	O
supported	O
by	O
tools	O
like	O
(	O
Swift	B-Application
)	O
and	O
(	O
Kotlin	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
that	O
could	O
generate	O
COBOL	B-Application
code	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
application	B-Application
generators	I-Application
supported	O
COBOL	B-Application
inserts	O
and	O
overrides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
macro	O
processor	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
C	B-Language
preprocessor	I-Language
,	O
which	O
replaces	O
patterns	O
in	O
source	O
code	O
according	O
to	O
relatively	O
simple	O
rules	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
form	O
of	O
source-code	O
generator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source-to-source	B-Language
code	O
generation	O
tools	O
also	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
(	O
LCDP	O
)	O
is	O
software	O
that	O
provides	O
an	O
environment	O
programmers	B-Application
use	O
to	O
create	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
through	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
and	O
configuration	O
instead	O
of	O
traditional	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
