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Programming Language vs Markup Language vs Scripting Language
Up until now I don't know the KEY differences between these three. When someone asks me about this, I only tell them that C# is a programming language, HTML and XML are Markup Languages, and ...
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Timeline of a programmer in terms of languages? [closed]
Alan Perlis once said: "A language that doesn't affect the way you
think about programming, is not worth knowing".
I am not proud of the fact that I started programming with scripting languages ...
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Which language and GUI toolkit would you use for a prototype program? [closed]
Suppose, I have an idea and I have to put it into code quickly. And then I am presenting it to someone who is not so computer savvy. Which language should I use for quick and dirty coding? And which ...
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Is programming in Python faster than in C, C++ or Java?
There's a widespread belief among programmers that the more dynamic and loosely typed the language, the more productive the programmer will be in it. Guido van Rossum wrote about programming ...
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Alternative Scripting Language to Lua?
I would like to add scripting support to an applications and with plenty scripting languages available I am a bit overwhelmed.
At first I thought about Python but I guess Python is a little too big ...
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How did Python become popular as a scripting language? [closed]
I looked at it in my field of work, which is film and pretty much every software we use comes with python as a scripting language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Python_software That made me ...
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What is the main difference between Scripting Languages and Programming Languages? [closed]
Say difference between Python and C++?
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7answers
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Should a .NET, JavaScript and SQL Web App developer learn Perl?
I'm a front and backend .NET web developer (most solutions use MS SQL Server) and I won't be using any non-MS solutions for a while.
Will Perl be useful for situations that require scripting in an MS ...
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Question about Creating a Scripting Language
Say, for example, I wanted to pay somebody to create a programming language or scripting language for me. What type of document would they need, in order to fully understand what it is exactly that I ...
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Is a partially familiar scripting language desirable?
Given that a program (under development) needs a scripting language, and that for various reasons it's not possible to use an off-the-shelf one as is, I'm considering basing it on the syntax and some ...
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Understand scripting language
Quoted from Wikipedia:
A scripting language, script language
or extension language is a programming
language that allows control of one
or more applications and makes the
compiler of the ...
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What Impact Do Scripting Languages Have on Junior Programmers?
I had a discussion with one of my teachers the other day.
We debated the impact that simpler scripting languages (like Python or Ruby) have on junior programmers.
He argued that scripting ...
