Top "Scripting-language" questions

A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.

Scripting Language vs Programming Language

Can anyone explain the difference between Scripting Language and Programming Language please? Also can you state some examples for each. …

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Copy a list (txt) of files

I've seen some scripts examples over SO, but none of them seems to provide examples of how to read filenames …

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Scripting language for C++

I'm getting a little rusty in scripting languages, provided they're popping like mushrooms lately :) Today I thought that it would …

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Is Ruby a scripting language or an interpreted language?

I just noticed that in the wikipedia page of Ruby, this language is defined as interpreted language. I understood that …

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When to use a scripting language?

When should one use a scripting language over a more verbose, compiled language like C++. C# or Java? And to …

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What is an embedded scripting language?

What is an embedded scripting language? What are some advantages it would have over the domain specific language? "A number …

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tutorials or introductions to writing a simple scripting language?

I know there are a few questions floating around here on the subject, but it was hard to find anything …

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Python lambda function printing <function <lambda> at 0x7fcbbc740668> instead of value

I am a beginner in python, and I was playing around with lambda functions. I was writing a program using …

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Display a drop-down/combo box in VB Script

I'm trying to create a drop-down/combo box in VB Script. As per my understanding we need to create an …

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Passing Arguments to Shell Script

Very simple question may be but not able to get this working....essentially i have a XML file which is …

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