Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-11 Thread Dan Stromberg
Sent from my android phone. On Feb 9, 2013 6:41 PM, "Terry Reedy" wrote: > > On 2/9/2013 6:53 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: >> >> On 02/09/2013 04:26 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: >>> >>> Most people would call bash a "scripting language", but it is also clearly >>> a programming language. It has syntax, va

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Torrie
On 02/09/2013 07:40 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > If the language has arrays, conditional execution, and explicit (while) > loops or recursion, you can be pretty sure it is Turing complete. I > presume this covers awk and bash. Something like the game of Life, where > the looping in implicit in the o

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/9/2013 6:26 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: IMO, a "scripting language" is used to automate tasks that would otherwise be done by a human sitting at a keyboard typing commands. [Perhaps that definition should be extended to include tasks that would otherwise by done by a human

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/9/2013 6:53 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: On 02/09/2013 04:26 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: Most people would call bash a "scripting language", but it is also clearly a programming language. It has syntax, variables and expressions. I suspect it is Turing-complete, although I haven't seen a proof of

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Torrie
On 02/09/2013 04:26 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: > Most people would call bash a "scripting language", but it is also clearly > a programming language. It has syntax, variables and expressions. I > suspect it is Turing-complete, although I haven't seen a proof of that. > > I would assert that scriptin

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-09 Thread Tim Roberts
Grant Edwards wrote: > >IMO, a "scripting language" is used to automate tasks that would >otherwise be done by a human sitting at a keyboard typing commands. >[Perhaps that definition should be extended to include tasks that >would otherwise by done by a human sitting and clicking on a GUI.] I th

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 08/02/2013 13:38, rusi wrote: On Feb 8, 6:03 pm, gmspro wrote: Hello all, One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true? Thanks. One said: English is the language spoken in England. Wrong, English is spoken in some parts of England but I've no i

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-02-08, Stephane Wirtel wrote: > * gmspro [2013-02-08 05:03:51 -0800]: > >> Hello all, >> >> One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is >> that true? >> >> Thanks. >> > >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > What's the differe

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 02/08/2013 10:46 AM, Kwpolska wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Albert Hopkins >>> wrote: ... one could say that C++ is a "scripting language" if one wer

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Dave Angel
On 02/08/2013 10:46 AM, Kwpolska wrote: On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: ... one could say that C++ is a "scripting language" if one were to use a C++ interpreter. And if one is sufficiently sadistic to actually use

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Kwpolska
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: >> ... one could say that C++ is a "scripting language" if one >> were to use a C++ interpreter. > > And if one is sufficiently sadistic to actually use C++ in that way. > > ChrisA > -- >

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > ... one could say that C++ is a "scripting language" if one > were to use a C++ interpreter. And if one is sufficiently sadistic to actually use C++ in that way. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013, at 08:03 AM, gmspro wrote: > Hello all, > > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, > is that true? > According to Wikipedia[1] a "scripting languages" are a subset of "programming languages" so it goes that any "scripting language" is, be

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
gmspro wrote: > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, > is that true? I forgot to mention, there is a FAQ about this: http://docs.python.org/2/faq/general.html#what-is-python-good-for -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
gmspro wrote: > Hello all, > > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, > is that true? Python is a high-level, object-oriented, strongly-typed programming language with garbage collection, byte-code compilation, dynamic types, and syntax that includes OOP, proced

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Am 08.02.2013 14:03, schrieb gmspro: One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true? That depends on your definition of scripting language and programming language. Python's not a language but an animal. Uli -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread rusi
On Feb 8, 6:03 pm, gmspro wrote: > Hello all, > > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is > that true? > > Thanks. One said: English is the language spoken in England. Another One said: English is the language internationally used for commerce, academics and m

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Stefan Behnel
gmspro, 08.02.2013 14:03: > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is > that true? Apples and oranges. It's a bit like asking if C is an embedded systems language or if JavaScript is a 3D graphics language. Well, no, but you can use them for that if you want. Tha

Re: Is Python programming language?

2013-02-08 Thread Stephane Wirtel
* gmspro [2013-02-08 05:03:51 -0800]: > Hello all, > > One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is > that true? > > Thanks. > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list What's the difference ? http://openerp.com OpenERP is written with Pytho