Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On 29.03.2024 19:51, David W. Hodgins wrote:

The distinctions between script and programming languages made sense when
they were first introduced. [...]

I abandoned the term "shell script" as soon as I got aware that
writing a reliable piece of software with "scripts" follows the
same engineering techniques and requires the same quality means
as non-"scripts". (Occasionally I still use the term informally
though I don't see any formal, technical, or practical necessity
for any such distinction between Command and Programming Language
as far as _programming_ is concerned.)

Janis