From my understanding of the issue, a scripting language was once a small langua...

jrockway · on Jan 31, 2010

How is that meaningful from a computer science standpoint?

SapphireSun · on Jan 31, 2010

I'm definitely stealing from someone else's comment a long time ago but they said it very well: The difference is that scripting languages have no main function (as far as I know).

lanstein · on Feb 1, 2010

This obviously is not in the spirit of what you're saying, but...

Python main() functions by Guido van Rossum

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829

SapphireSun · on Feb 2, 2010

I think the idea is that you optionally can have a main, but you aren't required to do so ;-)

Hexstream · on Jan 31, 2010

Well, isn't that called a "general-purpose programming language"?

SapphireSun · on Jan 31, 2010

Maybe "scripting language" is the way today's kids say it?

Hexstream · on Feb 1, 2010

C is a general-purpose programming language but I don't think anyone ever called it a "scripting" language... (besides "scripting" DSL's with C syntax in some games)