Quoth Lasse_Vgsther_Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| Brandon K wrote:
|> Hrm...i find it demeaning to relegate Python to a scripting language 
|> while Visual Basic is in the "software development" section.  Python so 
|> outdoes VB in every way shape and form.

| <snip>
|
| In that respect I would very much like to see a definition of "scripting 
| language" as well :)
|
| In other words, what is the difference between a "scripting language" 
| and a "programming language".

I oculd come up with a definition, but I can't come up with _the_
definition.  The word is used in such broad and vague ways that to
use it is practically a sign of sloppy thinking.

        Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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