On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Aahz <a...@pythoncraft.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > > > It is not clear that Python is a scripting language if this part is > removed. > > Python is not "a scripting language". >
Your statement is well confirmed by the top voted answer, and I agree. ;) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/101055/when-is-a-language-considered-a-scripting-language > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Aahz <a...@pythoncraft.com> wrote: > > > >> Any objections? > >> > >> ----- Forwarded message from James Tatum <jta...@gmail.com> ----- > >> > >>> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:24:18 -0700 > >>> From: James Tatum <jta...@gmail.com> > >>> To: webmas...@python.org > >>> Subject: Meta description - interpreted? > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> The meta description on the home page reads as follows: > >>> > >>> Home page for Python, an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, > >> extensible > >>> programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of > >> clarity and > >>> versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported. > >>> > >>> I think the word interpreted should perhaps be removed. How a Python > >>> implementation executes code is really not a function of the language > >>> itself, and as far as I know none of the implementations (including > >>> CPython) are not strictly interpreted anyway - most use some sort of > >>> bytecode and a VM. > >> > >> ----- End forwarded message ----- > >> > >> -- > >> Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> > >> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > >> > >> "Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is > >> writing a book." --Cicero > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pydotorg-www mailing list > >> pydotorg-www@python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > >> > > -- > Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> > http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > "Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is > writing a book." --Cicero >
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