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Not compiling but Windows ships with VBScript, JS, and Powershell, all with the ability to interface with the OS. I used VBScript for the first time a while ago
by jimmaswell 7y ago
Not compiling but Windows ships with VBScript, JS, and Powershell, all with the ability to interface with the OS. I used VBScript for the first time a while ago to make a step in a batch process and it was pretty convenient.
- jhbadger 7y agoAnd MacOS comes with Perl, Python, and Ruby in /usr/bin. Plus several UNIX shells with scripting ability.
- jimmaswell 7y agoDidn't a lot of computers back then just come with a BASIC shell, not any compilers?
- jhbadger 7y agoRight. But we are talking about how modern computers come with development systems too. While I'm sure the percentage of hobbyist programmers on modern machines is far smaller than in the 8-bit era, it's not like modern machines don't come with at least some development tools too.
- jimmaswell 7y agoYeah, that was my point. Saying it has to be a compiler is arbitrary.
- fit2rule 7y agoIt should be a compiler because that's the best way to write efficient, non-bloat software with your computer. All the other methods encourage bloat.
- the_trapper 7y agoAlso every release of the .NET framework to my knowledge ships with the "csc.exe" and "vbc.exe" compilers. So C# and Visual Basic.NET are available out of the box with modern versions of Windows as well. No IDE support, but you could whip up quick hello worlds with notepad without breaking a sweat.