On 13 Des, 02:19, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> I have repeatedly argued in the past that we do ourselves a disservice by > describing Python as an interpreted language. Python is compiled. It has > a compiler. It even has a built-in function "compile". Python is compiled to bytecode. Python's bytecode is interpreted. Does that make Python interpreted or compiled? I could not care less. The terms 'scripting language' and 'interpreted language' have somewhat different meanings. 'Scripting language' typically means a language used for one of: - Shell scripts - Automation macros in a larger application - Code embedded in a web page - CGI Python, Perl, Lisp and Visual Basic are certainly used as scripting languages in some settings. But that does not mean it is the only thing they can be used for. On the other hand, JavaScript and Bourne shell have little use except as scripting languages. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
