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| From | ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.shell, comp.unix.programmer, comp.lang.misc |
| Subject | Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages |
| Date | 2024-03-29 20:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Stefan Ram |
| Message-ID | <programming-20240329210532@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> (permalink) |
| References | <uu54la$3su5b$6@dont-email.me> <87edbtz43p.fsf@tudado.org> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> wrote or quoted: >A scripting language is a programming language made for a hypothetical >machine, not too different from a programming language made for a real >machine, one made of hardware. C is clearly a programming language, yet its specification says, "The semantic descriptions in this document describe the behavior of an abstract machine". And you cannot buy this abstract C machine as a piece of hardware anywhere!
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