RE: Good resource for beginning programmers

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:14:38 -0500

I think the line has blurred though.  What do you call VB, C# J# etc.  You
could say they are compiled but wait they are only compiled to ILASM which
is a stack based scripting language that runs under .net and mono.  What
about python and Perl that both can be compiled into an executable?  

Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:24 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Good resource for beginning programmers

This is one of my pet peeves.

A programming language is a language that is, in the majority of the 
cases, compiled to native machine code -and- used for application 
development (i.e. C, C++, D) A scripting language is a language that is, 
in the majority of the cases, interpreted -and- used to control 
applications, and sometimes application development in general (i.e. 
Python, PHP, Ruby, AutoIT, etc.) Java was not a true programming 
language until recently when it decided to compile its bytecode 
on-the-fly. C# has always been a programming language because it has 
always compiled its MSIL on-the-fly. PHP and Python are both written in 
C and are both interpreted. (PHP might be written in C++.)

I refuse to call a non-compiled language a programming language, 
regardless of the language.

So, here is a simple test to see what is a programming language and what 
is a scripting language.

1. Can you write a full application in the language? If yes, then is the 
language compiled? If yes, then it is a programming language.
2. Can you write a full application in the language? If yes, then is the 
language compiled? If no, then it is a scripting language.
3. Can you write a full application in the language? If no, then it is a 
scripting language.


On 11/17/2010 2:24 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> I am not at a stage in my learning where I can do well at explaining
> this so, I have provided some links for you to explore:
>
> Scripting language
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language
>
> Programming language:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language
>
> Be warned:  This will create more questions for you.  Have fun!!!
>
> Alex M
>
>
>
>
> On 11/17/10, Client Services<operations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> Hi-
>> What is the difference between a scripting language and a programming
>> language?
>> So if PHP and Python are scripting languages, what programming language
are
>> they written in?
>> And why are they called scripting languages?
>>
>> H.R. Soltani
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Midence
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 3:52 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Good resource for beginning programmers
>>
>> You've got scripting languages and programming languages there.
>> Javascript is client side scripting.  Websites run scripts on the
>> visitor's machine to dynamically change themselves according to
>> stimuli.  Php is a scripting language that does dynamic webpage
>> changing among other things from the server side.  It is used in
>> conjunction with database solutions like my sql and the like.  Java
>> and C are both programming languages.  Java is a high level
>> object-oriented language that runs on a virtual machine.  It is used
>> to create applets and web apps for all sorts of functions.  Java is
>> also used to create desktop  applicaitons like, for instance, Eclipse,
>> Open Office, and things of that nature.  C is a low-level procedural
>> programming language that is used for desktop aplications and
>> low-level programming such as drivers, utilities and the like.
>> Certain platforms are also written in C like, for instance, Windoes is
>> in C.  I believe Gnome was also written in C.  I went into this detail
>> because your post indicated that you thought these were all web
>> development languages and they are not.  Python is a scripting
>> language that can do a lot of the same things programming languages
>> can do and has a reputation for being easy to learn and fostering
>> rapid development.  An applications that php could not create, IMHO is
>> a screen reader.  Python was used to create two of them.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> Alex M
>>
>>
>> On 11/17/10, Client Services<operations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>> Hi everybody-
>>> I am trying to decide where to start as far as learning programming.
>>> I decided I would focus on 1. PHP, 2. JavaScript, 3. Java, 4. C
>>> I figured these are being used the most in web development and custom
>>> applications. So, where does Python come in?  How would you compare
Python
>>> with Java, PHP, and C??
>>> Can anybody give me an example of what cannot be developed in PHP which
>> can
>>> be developed in Python?
>>> Or how about Java vs Python if PHP is to lowly?  I have just heard PHP
has
>>> limitations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> H.R. Soltani
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