Re: Scripting vs. Programming language vs. 4GL?

Lutz Prechelt <prechelt@ira.uka.de>
Mon, 30 Aug 1993 08:23:28 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers
From: Lutz Prechelt <prechelt@ira.uka.de>
Keywords: interpreter
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 93-08-116
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 08:23:28 GMT

> > I would say that every language which is (almost?) ALWAYS
> > interpreted instead of compiled can be called a scripting language.
>
>
> Err, I suspect some of the Worshippers of APL would be very surprised
> to hear their religion besmirched as a mere 'scripting language'. :)


This is only a question of connotation.
You seem to treat 'scripting language' as having negative connotation as
far as 'real programs' are concerned.
But isn't it great that a language (such as APL) may allow you to solve
your problems by merely writing a script instead of a program ? :-)


This thought really contains a bit of truth: Often languages are interpreted
just because they are so very powerful (and thus difficult to compile; APL is
a good example).


    Lutz


Lutz Prechelt (email: prechelt@ira.uka.de)
Institut fuer Programmstrukturen und Datenorganisation
Universitaet Karlsruhe; 76128 Karlsruhe; Germany
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