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What makes a scripting language "embeddable"?
According to my experience, Wikipedia and prior answers, a scripting language is vague category of languages which are high-level (no manual memory management) and interpreted. Popular examples are ...
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Why are script languages so popular? [closed]
I am currently writing a memoire on the evolution of developing tools. Among them is of course the programming languages. I made some researches, and a lot of the most popular languages are scripts ...
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First time writing a scripting engine
So I decided to created a stack-based virtual machine and the result came out pretty good (in my opinion!). The first iteration was a basic toy VM.
I did a rewrite to make the VM work more ...
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Creating a metaphorical compiled scripted language.
I'm studying for a final exam and I came across this question which I found pretty interesting. I was wondering what the stackExchange community who are more experience in scripted languages than I ...
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How are scripting languages compiled?
I know the term "scripting languages" is just a subset of programming languages, but I want to refer to programming languages such as Python and Ruby among others.
First of all, why don't we need a ...
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Embedding extremely basic scripts in application
I need to program a C++ application which will basically work as a script interpreter, but with extremely basic and limited scripts.
The scripts will have a format like this:
processedA = doProcessA(...
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What properties does an object oriented language have? [closed]
I'm currently working on a game and wanted to add some scripting support. Due to trying to keep the entire codebase in managed c# (Excluding Monogame), I am using a custom language for the scripting (...
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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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Alternative Scripting Language to Lua? [closed]
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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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 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? [closed]
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 ...
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Is programming in Python faster than in C, C++ or Java? [closed]
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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