[SOLVED] explain how you would distinguish a scripting language such as javascript fr

#1 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:17 PM

...full blown programming ...? how to distinguish a scripting language such as javascript from a full blown programming language such as java pay particular attention as it is being used for web programming

#2 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:17 PM

A scripting language has an INTERPRETER, which is a program that interprets the instruction into something that the processor can execute at the time of execution. A compiled program, on the other hand, is executable and runs directly on the processor in binary form. Scripts can be run on every platform that has an interpreter (i.e Linux, Mac, Sun, a PDA, anything) but binary code is much faster for demanding applications.

#3 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:17 PM

In a programming language as java, before you execute the program you beed to cimpile in order to get the binaries. But in a scripting language the program is executed as such , no compiling process.

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