> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > 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. I'd say that's pretty simple and clear cut. Ian
