Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:

My rule of thimb is that a scripting language is one whereby the source code
can be run immediately by the interpreter, eg perl, python, regardless of
what happens internally. A full fledged programming language is one that
requires a compile/debug/link step first with the compiler and runtime (if
required) being seperate. eg Java, C

C can be a scripting language by that rule:

    $ cat t.c
    #!/usr/bin/tcc -run
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main(void) {
      return printf("Hello, world\n");
    }
    $ ./t.c
    Hello, world

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