python, a scripting language?

[Erlend J. Leiknes]

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I belive the term "script" is outdated because of "precompilation".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?

Anyway... I would be happy to hear some reasons why python is not a
scripting language...


Erlend J. Leiknes