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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•4 months agoTechnically, half of those are scripting languages not programming languages. Anyway my favourite is Bash because I’m weird, even for a nerd.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 months agoI always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchmanlinkfedilink13•4 months agoThat’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted. Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoInterpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-24 months agoI am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoNo, it’s not. It’s objectively inaccurate. A computer does not care whether the instructions it’s executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoThere is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
Technically, half of those are scripting languages not programming languages.
Anyway my favourite is Bash because I’m weird, even for a nerd.
how is a script not a program??
I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
Nerds like to push this narrative
That’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted.
Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
Interpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
I am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
Pedantic correct. The best type of correct.
No, it’s not. It’s objectively inaccurate.
A computer does not care whether the instructions it’s executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.
There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.