python, a scripting language?

[Christopher Browne]

Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when "Erlend J. Leiknes" <nookieNO_SP_AM at online.no> would write:
> A friend of mine which is a java programmer insists on that python is
> scripting language...
>
> I belive the term "script" is outdated because of "precompilation".
> The term for a script-language is that you write and run your program as
> text?

Step back a bit further, and you find that "scripting" was done in
specially constructed "little languages" that would control how the
_real_ programs, written in _real_ languages like COBOL, FORTRAN, and
PL/1 (and other such LANGUAGES IN CAPITAL LETTERS :-)) would get
invoked.

In these more modern days, you often don't need a "scripting
language;" you can construct programs in Python, Perl, or such, and
invoke it pretty much directly.

You don't need JCL to run your Python code...
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