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I think that would be a little too squishy. For me, when most people say "scripting language" they really mean a dynamic language. Perl, Ruby, Python, JavaScr
by kyllo 13y ago
I think that would be a little too squishy.
For me, when most people say "scripting language" they really mean a dynamic language.
Perl, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Lisp... These are all considered "scripting" languages and the main thing they have in common is the dynamic linking and type systems.
Statically typed languages like Java are generally not used for scripting purposes.
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoI don't think Common Lisp is considered a scripting language, even if it's a dynamic language. Or Clojure, for that matter.
- kyllo 13y agoHow about emacs lisp? Would you consider that a scripting language?
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoWhen used like this, yes: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2008/04/emacs-lisp-as-a-scripting-language/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2008/04/emacs-lisp-as-a-scr...
- lispm 13y agoSome Common Lisp implementations are designed to be used as such. Example GNU CLISP. http://www.clisp.org/impnotes.html#quickstart http://www.clisp.org/impnotes.html#quickstart