Q: Definition of a scripting lang.

ariel@ccs.neu.edu (Ariel Lieberman)
Sat, 4 Mar 1995 16:08:19 GMT

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From: ariel@ccs.neu.edu (Ariel Lieberman)
Keywords: question, comment
Organization: College of CS, Northeastern University
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 16:08:19 GMT

Hi,
      I'm looking for a definition of a scripting lang. (Perl, REXX, Tcl, etc.)
      What are the differences between scripting lang. and "regular"
      programming lang. (C, C++, Ada, Smalltalk, etc.)


Thanks,
-Ariel
[A scripting language is one in which people think they're writing scripts, and
a programming language is one in which they think they're writing programs.
You can come up with rules of thumb, e.g. scripting languages tend to be
interpreted, but it's easy to find exceptions to any of them. -John]
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