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I'm definitely stealing from someone else's comment a long time ago but they said it very well: The difference is that scripting languages have no main function

I'm definitely stealing from someone else's comment a long time ago but they said it very well: The difference is that scripting languages have no main function (as far as I know).

Hexstream 17y ago
Well, isn't that called a "general-purpose programming language"?
- SapphireSun 17y ago
  Maybe "scripting language" is the way today's kids say it?
  - Hexstream 17y ago
    C is a general-purpose programming language but I don't think anyone ever called it a "scripting" language... (besides "scripting" DSL's with C syntax in some games)
lanstein 17y ago
This obviously is not in the spirit of what you're saying, but... Python main() functions by Guido van Rossum http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829 http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829
- SapphireSun 17y ago
  I think the idea is that you optionally can have a main, but you aren't required to do so ;-)