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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. in this topic i will tell u the difference..

21st Nov 2016, 12:21 PM
Baraa AB
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Scripting languages are programming languages that don't require an explicit compilation step. For example, in the normal case, you have to compile a C program before you can run it. But in the normal case, you don't have to compile a JavaScript program before you run it. So JavaScript is sometimes called a "scripting" language. This line is getting more and more blurry since compilation can be so fast with modern hardware and modern compilation techniques. For instance, V8, the JavaScript engine in Google Chrome and used a lot outside of the browser as well, actually compiles the JavaScript code on the fly into machine code, rather than interpreting it. (In fact, V8's an optimizing two-phase compiler.) Also note that whether a language is a "scripting" language or not can be more about the environment than the language. There's no reason you can't write a C interpreter and use it as a scripting language (and people have). There's also no reason you can't compile JavaScript to machine code and store that in an executable file (and people have). The language Ruby is a good example of this: The original implementation was entirely interpreted (a "scripting" language), but there are now multiple compilers for it. Some examples of "scripting" languages (e.g., languages that aretraditionally used without an explicit compilation step): Lua JavaScript VBScript and VBA Perl And a small smattering of ones traditionally used with an explicit compilation step: C C++ D Java (but note that Java is compiled to bytecode, which is then interpreted and/or recompiled at runtime)Pascal ...and then you have things like Python that sit in both camps: Python is widely used without a compilation step, but the main implementation (CPython) does that by compiling to bytecode on-the-fly and then running the bytecode in a VM, and it can write that bytecode out to files (.pyc, .pyo) for use without recompiling. That's just a very few, if you do some research you can find a lot more.
21st Nov 2016, 12:21 PM
Baraa AB
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In a simple way we can say that : "Scripting Languages" can NOT make or Develop a Compelete Application only by it self, such as JavaScript and PHP. But all "Programming Languages" Can make an Application only by it self without any help of other "Languages"
12th Mar 2019, 11:14 PM
Safiullah Zahid
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Markup languages are designed for the processing, definition and presentation of text. The language specifies code for formatting, both the layout and style, within a text file. The code used to specify the formatting are calledtags. HTMLis a an example of a widely known and used markup language. @patel yàch
21st Nov 2016, 2:52 PM
Baraa AB
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Scripting languages are programming languages that don't require an explicit compilation step. For example, in the normal case, you have to compile a C program before you can run it. But in the normal case, you don't have to compile a JavaScript program before you run it. So JavaScript is sometimes called a "scripting" language. This line is getting more and more blurry since compilation can be so fast with modern hardware and modern compilation techniques. For instance, V8, the JavaScript engine in Google Chrome and used a lot outside of the browser as well, actually compiles the JavaScript code on the fly into machine code, rather than interpreting it. (In fact, V8's an optimizing two-phase compiler.) Also note that whether a language is a "scripting" language or not can be more about the environment than the language. There's no reason you can't write a C interpreter and use it as a scripting language (and people have). There's also no reason you can't compile JavaScript to machine code and store that in an executable file (and people have). The language Ruby is a good example of this: The original implementation was entirely interpreted (a "scripting" language), but there are now multiple compilers for it. Some examples of "scripting" languages (e.g., languages that are traditionally used without an explicit compilation step): Lua JavaScript VBScript and VBA Perl And a small smattering of ones traditionallyused with an explicit compilation step: C C++ D Java (but note that Java is compiled to bytecode, which is then interpreted and / or recompiled at runtime) Pascal ...and then you have things like Python that sit in both camps: Python is widely used without a compilation step, but the main implementation (CPython) does that by compiling to bytecode on-the-fly and then running the bytecode in a VM, and it canwrite that bytecode out to files (.pyc, .pyo) for use without recompiling. That's just very few, if you do some research you can find a lot more.
21st Nov 2016, 12:25 PM
Samuel Neo
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@Baraa AB we both went to Stack Overflow...
21st Nov 2016, 12:26 PM
Samuel Neo
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please explain me about " markup language "..
21st Nov 2016, 12:28 PM
yàsh patel
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yeah right 😊 @samuel neo
21st Nov 2016, 2:51 PM
Baraa AB
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For the time being I am finding it really hard, almost impossible to put a back slash in my code on my mobile phone.
22nd Nov 2016, 4:09 AM
Ahmed Kamal
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