> The 'scripting' vs 'compiled' language is a false dichotomy. Not false, but perhaps in need of better definition. The term script has often denoted a trivia

> The 'scripting' vs 'compiled' language is a false dichotomy. Not false, but perhaps in need of better definition. The term script has often denoted a trivial set of commands run by $interpreter. "Scripting languages" have been seen as being in contrast to C, C++, Pascal, Java, SmallTalk, &c. The scripting languages remove from the user the need: -a- to think about an extensive type system, -b- to compile the logic, and -c- to build for a specific architecture.