What makes a "scripting" language one is that it has the ability to DO scripting and that it's used in that manner. Basic, when you get right down to brass tacks is a scripting language. Forth is. C is. C++ is.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 21:12
No. Not really. Scripting languages are interpreted. C, C++, etc. have to be compiled to machine code to run.
Duh.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 21:16
yeah, but i could make a bunch of C programs and script them together.
>>3
What the hell do you mean script them together? They all get compiled eventually. Scripts don't.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 21:18
This is ubsurd. learn to be an expert. untill than your a fagget.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 21:20
>>4
Technically, any programming language that offers the ability to duct tape together disparate components to make a larger application or to tie a UI onto a console app is a scripting language. With that in mind, C/C++, Icon, Forth, and Java (And a host of others, actually...) all fall under that umbrella.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 21:21
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I was considering this the other day, and came up with this:
A scripting language can dynamically generate and execute source code in its own language using only features built into the language, such as an eval() function.
Since you can't compile something that uses eval() without including the ``compiler'' or interpreter itself, it's a scripting language.
In the end, all programming statements get transformed into computer code one way or another. This does assume the language is Turing complete. Some programs will make efficient use of the computer's resources while others will consume more computer resources to make development efforts a bit easier.
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Anonymous2008-04-06 23:25
>>2,4
perl is compiled. does that mean it's not a scripting language?
python and ecmascript can be compiled. does that mean they're not scripting languages?
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Anonymous2008-04-07 0:42
The only language worth using is C.
I'm right because I'm right.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 1:03
>>12,16
Don't you guys have some loops to funroll?
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Anonymous2008-04-07 2:20
>>17
We've optimized our minds enough that we can funroll and -momg-optimize our code by hand while still posting on /prog/.
All of that "lol developer time > *" bullshit is bullshit. If you're GOOD you can pull off C in less time than it takes to pull of anything else in any other language ever.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 3:07
>>18
It's important to these EXPERT DEVELOPERS. They can't be very productive if they have to Google for snippets to copy/paste all day, instead of having an IDE/language do all their work for them.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 3:11
You heard it here first, folks. All programming languages are scripting languages.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 3:19
All of that "lol developer time > *" bullshit is bullshit.
Seconded. Unless you're writing a quick hack that'll be used once or twice (in which case you SHOULD be using a scripting language), consider that your code will be executed many many more times than you'll be writing it.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 3:35
Developer time: $20000 per person for a small project
Electricity: $5000 for the year
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Anonymous2008-04-07 4:08
You also have to consider the fact that electricity CAN KILL YOU. Parenthesi are harmless little critters, they would never hurt anyone.
Enjoy your electrons.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 10:07
>>23
Parentheses can be a choking hazard for children under three years of age. So think of the children next time you're programming in Lisp.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 10:21
>>16
LINUS TORVALDS?! What are you doing posting in /prog/?
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Anonymous2008-04-07 10:43
>>25
Heh, so I wasn't the only one who associates the phrase ,,I'm right because I'm right.'' with LBT.
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Anonymous2008-04-07 10:46
Linus: /leen�us/, /lin�us/, /li:�nus/
Linus Torvalds, the author of Linux. Nobody in the hacker culture has been as readily recognized by first name alone since ken.
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Anonymous2009-03-06 8:31
The significance of spaces in C What a waste of time a conundrum.
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Trollbot90002009-07-01 9:48
It's is fucking ugly in every possible process and you will be welcome to visit our site in return Thanks again Carmen.
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