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Actually what made me not consider this a "real" scripting language is not any of those things but rather the existence of a non-optional entry point function.
by throwawaymaths 4y ago
Actually what made me not consider this a "real" scripting language is not any of those things but rather the existence of a non-optional entry point function. Scripting languages typically read code from top of file to bottom to decide what to execute
- giann 4y agoIt’s really hard (impossible?) to have a type system with user defined types and do without a declarative top level.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoI think by the non-soft bits (I don't know what simple means) of your definition, Erlang, java, c#, go would be considered "scripting languages", which I think would be a hard sell. Anyways I don't mean to take away from your work;. It looks very cool.
- lll-o-lll 4y agoMultiple passes?