# Ad-Hoc Mini-Language

> A defect in which rules are written in an informal mini-language that has no grammar and no validator.

Record: `lexicon:ad-hoc-mini-language`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ad-hoc-mini-language

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Deferred Static Check](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deferred-static-check.md) and before [Ad-Hoc Notebook-to-Production](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ad-hoc-notebook-to-production.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Violates

- [Domain-Specific Language](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/domain-specific-language.md)
- [Language-Oriented Programming](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/language-oriented-programming.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)