On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:42:05PM -0700, Ian Puleston wrote: > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathaniel Hall > > My personal thought is that programs are compiled prior to the user > > executing it. A script is compiled at the time it > > is run. Is that a good way to differentiate them? > > Not really since Basic is a programming language that's usually interpreted > rather than compiled. I'm sure most of us know what is scripting and what is > programming, the problem is putting that down in words. My attempt would be: > > Programming is writing a program of statements that tell something what to > do. Computer programming is writing a program of statements that tells the > computer directly (or through an interpreter) what to do. > > Scripting is a type of programming that involves writing a script of > commands that tell some other program, such as a shell or editor, what to > do. Hi Ian, I like this approach. um, but... When you write a C program, isn't the source code a "script of commands" telling another program (the compiler), what to do? I think the essence and intent of what you are saying is exactly what I was thinking, but is there a loophole there ? > > I'd say that's pretty simple and clear cut. > Ian -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
