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> the half-baked support found in scripting languages. It's a long time since I've heard that phrase used disparagingly. Didn't we all decide to use the term "
by andybak 7y ago
> the half-baked support found in scripting languages.
It's a long time since I've heard that phrase used disparagingly. Didn't we all decide to use the term "dynamic languages" just to avoid the judgemental overtones associated with "scripting".
- echelon 7y ago> It's a long time since I've heard that phrase used disparagingly. Didn't we all decide to use the term "dynamic languages" just to avoid the judgemental overtones associated with "scripting". I didn't mean to disparage. While I did intend to scrutinize Python's multiprocessing (my experience with it was less than fun), my use of the term "scripting language" was entirely subconscious. But I do have an anecdote. A decade ago I was using Python and Flask for building web apps. Now I use Rust instead, and many of my collages are choosing to use Go. I still use Python for scripting and now also use it for ML. But I wouldn't use it for the web anymore. I think the landscapes and use cases are shifting since there are new tools available. Python is doing new things (pytorch, tensorflow), but less of the things I used to use it for (Flask, Django, ...)
- 72deluxe 7y agoI am not sure. If it runs through an interpreter, isn't it a script??? I think the "judgemental overtones" are in your head, not in the speaker of the word "script".