abstract syntax tree
<compiler> (AST) A data structure representing something which has been
parsed, often used as a compiler or interpreter's internal representation of a
program while it is being optimised and from which code generation is performed.
The range of all possible such structures is described by the abstract syntax.
(1994-11-08)
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