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> Of these, the web browser scripting language (JavaScript) is the fastest, most popular, and the only one with an industrial standardization process. Most pop

by psim1 6y ago

> Of these, the web browser scripting language (JavaScript) is the fastest, most popular, and the only one with an industrial standardization process. Most popular, I can agree. Fastest, & only one with industrial standardization process? Have they met Erlang? edit: you have to be kidding me, downvoted to oblivion for an honest observation. Sorry I hurt javascript's feelings.

iends 6y ago
Erlang is compiled to bytecode, right? So is it considered a scripting language?
- psim1 6y ago
  It "feels" like a scripting language and is run in a runtime shell environment. But I would concede to your point, as well.
- eatonphil 6y ago
  I don't understand the connection being made between having a bytecode compiler and being a scripting language.
  - glutamate 6y ago
    Java is definitely not a scripting language
    - eatonphil 6y ago
      Is JavaScript? Python? Ruby? All major implementations of all three are bytecode compilers/VMs.