Re: Terminology: "script" versus "program"

2008-01-24 Thread Paul McNett
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Linux/Unix/Mac admins may be excused for saying that they've never come > across a .BAT file at all. > > $ locate .bat | wc -l > 14 > $ locate .sh | wc -l > 606 $ locate .bat | wc -l 115 $ locate .sh | wc -l 763 $ locate .py | wc -l 44030 Hmmm... that matched all th

Re: Terminology: "script" versus "program"

2008-01-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:22:04 +, samwyse wrote: >> The term "script" has the strong connotation of a limited-purpose >> program designed to solve a problem expressed almost entirely as a >> simple series of steps. Languages that are often used to write such >> scripts are usually referred to as

Re: Terminology: "script" versus "program"

2008-01-24 Thread samwyse
Ben Finney wrote: > George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>On Jan 23, 8:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>The annual Linux Journal survey is online now for any Linux users >>>who want to vote for Python. >>>http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1006101 >> >>... >>18. What is your favorite

Re: Terminology: "script" versus "program" (was: Linux Journal Survey)

2008-01-23 Thread Paddy
On 24 Jan, 04:59, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jan 23, 8:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The annual Linux Journal survey is online now for any Linux users > > > who want to vote for Python. > > >http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/10061

Terminology: "script" versus "program" (was: Linux Journal Survey)

2008-01-23 Thread Ben Finney
George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 23, 8:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The annual Linux Journal survey is online now for any Linux users > > who want to vote for Python. > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1006101 > > ... > 18. What is your favorite programming language? >