On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 12:53 +0530, Magesh S wrote: > >>What's the difference? > >> > > Ruby is not just a scripting language, you can do a lot with it. > can be used to write scripts, Desktop Application (using GUI), web > applications and more
it all depends on what is meant by a 'scripting language'. I had always thought that a scripting language is one where there is no need to compile the code in order to run it. But there seems to be a lot of confusion about the term. Interpreted language also seems to be the same - but again it looks like there is no agreement on the meaning of the term. I call perl, python and ruby scripting languages simply because I can write code and see the result at once without all sorts of compiling and linking. But anyway there is nothing derogatory about calling a language a scripting language. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
