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Integrating DSLs with Applications

Treat DSLs as a boundary: load/validate/compile DSL data, then run it in a controlled runtime context.

In real systems, a DSL is rarely “just syntax.” It becomes part of deployment: config files, rule packs, versioned behaviors, and runtime safety concerns.

This section focuses on integration discipline: how to load DSL data, validate it, compile it to a stable internal representation, cache it, and run it safely—without turning your whole application into a dynamic eval machine.

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Revised on Friday, April 24, 2026