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I guess I don't see C as programming language for writing scripts in either. In my view any language that requires a separate complication step is not a scripti
by rowls66 3y ago
I guess I don't see C as programming language for writing scripts in either. In my view any language that requires a separate complication step is not a scripting language, and therefore not a language in which one writes scripts. In C or Zig you write programs.
Maybe I am just being too pedantic.
- eatonphil 3y agoI didn't call it a scripting language. Nor do I think C would be great to write scripts in either. :) I only said we write scripts in Zig. But if you'd like to call these files programs instead of scripts then that's ok too!
- Kamq 3y agoA number of languages that would have been traditionally compiled (statically typed, produce a native binary by default, etc), have started adding a "run" command. If your language compiles fast enough, it's about the same experience as running a python script.
- 59nadir 3y agoI think the idea here is that "small programs" = "scripts". Modern lower level languages are mostly terrific for writing small programs, which obviates the need for scripting languages.