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  Is Python programming language? gmspro <gmspro@yahoo.com> - 2013-02-08 05:03 -0800
    Re: Is Python programming language? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 05:38 -0800
      Re: Is Python programming language? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-08 18:32 +0000
    Re: Is Python programming language? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-02-08 14:49 +0100
    Re: Is Python programming language? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-09 01:39 +1100
    Re: Is Python programming language? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-09 01:48 +1100

#38446 — Is Python programming language?

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Hello all,

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?

Thanks.

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#38448

On Feb 8, 6:03 pm, gmspro <gms...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?
>
> Thanks.

One said: English is the language spoken in England.
Another One said: English is the language internationally used for
commerce, academics and much else.

Who is 'true'?  Is one false because the other is true?

[Amusing that this is being said at the same time as a necroposted
thread about the multi-meanings of bool in python]

More seriously: Python is one of the first serious programming
languages and scripting languages.
Those who think that one excludes the other are probably learnt their
programming/CS half a century ago and stopped learning soon after.

For many such mis-takes in CS education see my:
http://blog.languager.org/2011/02/cs-education-is-fat-and-weak-1.html
and its sequel
http://blog.languager.org/2011/02/cs-education-is-fat-and-weak-2.html

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#38474

On 08/02/2013 13:38, rusi wrote:
> On Feb 8, 6:03 pm, gmspro <gms...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> One said: English is the language spoken in England.

Wrong, English is spoken in some parts of England but I've no idea what 
you'd call the language used in Newcastle upon Tyne.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence

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#38451

Am 08.02.2013 14:03, schrieb gmspro:
> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?

That depends on your definition of scripting language and programming 
language.

Python's not a language but an animal.

Uli

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#38453

gmspro wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language,
> is that true?

Python is a high-level, object-oriented, strongly-typed programming language
with garbage collection, byte-code compilation, dynamic types, and syntax
that includes OOP, procedural and functional styles.

It is an excellent glue language for libraries written in C, C++, Fortran,
Java and CLR (dot-Net). It is also good for scripting. But that doesn't
mean it is only a scripting language.

Calling Python a scripting language is like calling an iPad "a clock", just
because it has a clock app. Yes, you can use your iPad to tell the time,
and that makes it a clock. But it's not *just* a clock, and Python is not
*just* a scripting language.


-- 
Steven

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#38454

gmspro wrote:

> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language,
> is that true?

I forgot to mention, there is a FAQ about this:

http://docs.python.org/2/faq/general.html#what-is-python-good-for



-- 
Steven

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