Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:40:03 +0000
Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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

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C can be a scripting language by that rule:

No definition is perfect in this case, its all shades of grey.