On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:51:45 +1200, Evil Bastard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I guess a language could be called a 'scripting language' if: > - the source code can be executed directly, and/or > - source need not be converted to a separate file in a > non-human-readable format before it can be executed, and/or > - a change to the source file automatically causes a change in > runtime behaviour > >By these, Python is most definitely a scripting language, and joins Perl >and PHP. Whereas changes to java source files don't change runtime >behaviour.
It wouldn't be particularly difficult to invoke Java by a shell script that checks to see if source has changed and if so recompiles it. If such a script became part of standard Java, would Java then be a scripting language? -- Email: zen19725 at zen dot co dot uk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
