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# Groovy

**Meta Programming**

Runtime metaprogramming -> is the writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs ( or themseleves).

MOP (Meta Object Protocol) -> is a collection of rules of how a request for a method call is handled by groovy runtime system and how to control the intermediate layer.