Scripting vs. whatever, again (was Re: Long Live Python!)

[Grant Edwards]

In article <3B4E69D5.5CB278F2 at engcorp.com>, Peter Hansen wrote:
>Grant Edwards wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:57:26 -0400, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >> ...then would want to argue about the difference between a "script"
>> >> and a "program".  I see it this way, if a script is only,
>> >> "Automating a sequence of operations" -- C programs are scripts --
>> >> there must be more to it, eh.
>
>Just to clarify, I did not write the above.  I merely quoted it.
>
>> I interpret "scripting" as automating a series of operations
>> that would probably be done interactively by a user otherwise.
>
>Would you call a C program which implemented those same steps 
>a "script" ?
>
>(I realize you would not typically use C for this, but if you did?)

Probably not.  To add to my "definition", I guess I would call
it a script if it was done using the same set of "primitives"
that the user would have done had it been done interactively.
Primitives like the "ls" "find" "rm" executables found on Unix
systems.

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