>>> Thanks for the in-between. I really like the Python comunity as,
>>> even though it's a 'scripting' language,
>
> And we like you, even though you're only a ...
>
> In English, a statement like that is considered rather insulting.
>
>> To me, it's a programming language. In my usage, a "script" is a
>> bunch of OS commands.
>
> Exactly. A script is a set of commands that you would have normally
> entered by hand at a command prompt. But, after having gone through
> the process a few times, you decided to shove them into a file to save
> on typing.
>
> Python is a programming language. Period.
Exactly. In my opinion “It’s a scripting language”, is a devaluation of the
language.
It’s an attempt to throw python in to a “trivial” classification.
Heck, the same argument can be made of Bash, PHP, Perl, and a few other
languages as well.
How many “scripts” have been throw quickly together in Perl, or PHP?
Quite a damn few, yet, would anyone call Wordpress a “script”?
It’s effectively damning with faint praise.
- Benjamin
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