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IDL

detection recognise a file as this language
comments strip comments without parsing
facets know it hosts components or styles
conventions find its tests and fixtures
toolchain name a tool that handles it
compiler build or run it
analyser lint or format it
ecosystem resolve its packages

id: idl
role: programming
extensions: .dlm .idl .pro .webidl .widl
line comment: //
block comment: /* … */
shares: .pro with INI, Proguard, Prolog, QMake
.webidl with WebIDL