What is the differences between script language and programming language?

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HabazalCoonya
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Jul 31st, 2006

teh persn u ask.evr1 has different idea. msot aggree taht "scripting languages" are "compiled" real time, while "programming lagnuages" are compiled ahed of time.But it is not alwas tht clear cut. U can get a C "scrpting engine", or u cn get a JavaScript precomplier.Sme ppl will say that it is down 2 teh stykle of objects it uses. if it uses read Objects (like Teh Jav and C++) then it is a language, and if it uses "Object Based" (think hashtables that hold methods) like JavaScript then it is a scriptting language. But then wat is C?Other will say it is teh speed that it take to write, and teh speed it takes to read. Like Jav is slow to rite as u hav 2 do all dat "publci class" styff. But it is fast to read as the plublc class stuff is vry cler. But perl is fast 2 rite. Btu vry hrad to read.

Istiaque

Oct 17th, 2006

A programming language is used for building standalone projects, or "applications"; a scripting language is used to write "scripts" that interact with other data or systems to perform parts of a task rather than an entire workflow.
An example might make this clearer. Imagine an accounting application program used in a large corporation. The program would be written in a programming language by a team of developers, probably at some other company, a software house. It would have a long lifecycle, and have many features. One of them might be to generate a series of invoices. This would be one of many tasks done with the program, which runs for extended periods of time. But it might be necessary to separate the invoices, sending some to a printer in the mail room, others to a fax machine, and still others to be sent via email. This task might be accomplished by a local programmer, who writes a simple "script" that sorts through the accounting program's output files and dispatches them appropriately. That little snippet of local, customized programming would be a script, written in a scripting language. The script would be started, perform its one task, and stop.