# Code Generation or Interpreters

> The requirement that a domain language be backed by a generator or interpreter that executes it.

Record: `lexicon:code-generation-or-interpreters`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-code-generation-or-interpreters

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Tooling/Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tooling-maintenance.md) and before [Domain Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/domain-modeling.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [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)