Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:25:18 -0000 (UTC)
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:

On 2024-03-29, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:

Scripting is an activity, a use case, not a language.

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So if I write a program to for example process some files in a directory by
your argument its a script whether I write it in shell, python, C++ or
assembler.

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I also wrote: "Scripting refers to executing commands which are so high
level that they are entire applications or functional blocks within an
application."

So if I write:

int main()
{
system("ls | wc -l");
return 0;
}

Thats a script? No? What if I use popen() or execve() then? Where do you
draw the line?

You're just being deliberately obtuse, not to mention snippy with the
scissors.

I'm not being obtuse. There is no hard dividing line between scripts and
programs - as I said, its shades of grey.