Most of these are scripting languages. Some are even markup languages. It's like the meme creator didn't even know what a programming language was.
I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[–] frezik@midwest.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

What's the difference between a scripting language and a programming language?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Some people think that only compiled languages are true programming languages. (Needless to say, they're wrong.)

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Needless to say, they're wrong.

Not least because there's no such thing as a "compiled" or "interpreted" language.

Which is to say that it's a property of the tooling rather than the language itself. There's nothing stopping anyone from writing a C interpreter or a Python compiler.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

There's nothing stopping anyone from writing a C interpreter

Except god, hopefully

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, once you know all the details, the distinction disappears. The term doesn't clarify understanding.

If I had to make a distinction, it'd be that scripting languages are meant to be a simple way to serve a specific niche. Things like SQL or Excel formulas. It doesn't apply to Python.

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