Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marco van de Voort Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Time for a new language? Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:23:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Stack Usenet News Service Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <27f391e528bef754bbbe3b05f7241046@dizum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: turtle.stack.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: mud.stack.nl 1308046991 17242 2001:610:1108:5010::132 (14 Jun 2011 10:23:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@stack.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:23:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (FreeBSD) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.misc:318 On 2011-06-06, Tony wrote: > > Low Level: Assembly Language > High Level: C, C++, Java (but a different animal from C, C++) > Higher Level: Scripting Languages For me scripting language is higher level too, but not on a language level, but more on an usage level. IOW scripting languages are used to connect other systems (data from one program to another with minimal transformation, perform nightly jobs) etc. That's where the name comes from, replaying a fixed script of actions. One could probably discuss if something as python and php are really scripting languages. I do realize that definition is outdated and does not really apply to current use, but I haven't been able to distil anything more from current use except the fact that languages that want to be regarded as easy to use OR are interpreter based describe themselves as scripting languages. One way or the other, I don't think they have a fixed place in the "higher/lower" language spectrum.