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As I've understood the term (and how I use it), a scripting language is one that doesn't require explicit compilation (as opposed to JIT compilation, for exampl
by beaumartinez 15y ago
As I've understood the term (and how I use it), a scripting language is one that doesn't require explicit compilation (as opposed to JIT compilation, for example) to be run, allowing for fast(er) code-test cycles.
You hear of shell and Python scripts, but (at least myself) never of C and Java scripts.
- gnosis 15y agoBut in fact, there are C interpreters, such as: http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/cint http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/cint and http://code.google.com/p/picoc/ http://code.google.com/p/picoc/ There are also Python compilers, such as: http://cython.org/ http://cython.org/