Re: Good resource for beginning programmers

Heated discussion is good for learning.  This has been most
interesting and informative.  And to think it all started with posting
a link.

Alex M


On 11/18/10, QuentinC <quentinc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is my definition of scripting language. I think the classification
> should not so clear. There shouldn't be a frontier between these two terms.
> A scripting language is a programming language designed to be executed
> within another program.
> Examples :
> - javascript is usually a scripting language because it is executed within
> web pages
> - VBA is a scripting language because it is executed inside word or excel
> - Some softwares and games include an embedded lua, python or ruby
> interpreters to allow the user to customize  the application. In that case,
> these languages are also scripting languages. But lua, python and ruby can
> also be executed standalone, in that case they are just programming
> languages and not scripting languages.
> - It exists ways to execute javascript and VBScript as a standalone programs
> (WSH in windows) even if it is not very frequent. IN that particular case,
> they shouldn't be considered as scripting languages.
> - Languages such as Java, C, C++ and C# are usually not scripting languages
> because they are allmost always compiled and run standalone. But we can
> imagine an application embedding one of those as a scripting language. For
> example, TCC library can make C looking like scripting language, even if it
> is still compiled internally.
>
>
> Hope that wont make you even more confused.
>
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