Re:Scripting with Go: A Modest Proposal
by heresie-dabord on Sunday August 20, 2023 @06:59PM
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> The 'scripting' vs 'compiled' language is a false dichotomy.
Not false, but perhaps in need of better definition. The term script has often denoted a trivial set of commands run by $interpreter.
"Scripting languages" have been seen as being in contrast to C, C++, Pascal, Java, SmallTalk, &c. The scripting languages remove from the user the need:
Not false, but perhaps in need of better definition. The term script has often denoted a trivial set of commands run by $interpreter.
"Scripting languages" have been seen as being in contrast to C, C++, Pascal, Java, SmallTalk, &c. The scripting languages remove from the user the need:
-a- to think about an extensive type system,
-b- to compile the logic, and
-c- to build for a specific architecture.