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wtd




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:39 pm   Post subject: Lots of Python talk lately

I've noticed a fair amount of Python talk among compsci.ca members and I'm wondering if we could maybe extend the Ruby forums to include Python talk.

Anyone interested in this?
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Hikaru79




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:42 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

How about turning the Ruby forum into a generic "Scripting Languages" forum that would encompass Ruby, Perl, Python, etc?
wtd




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:49 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

'Scripting language' is a controversial term, which does not necessarily describe these languages. Using it in this context would be, if nothing else, confusing.
rizzix




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:25 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

yes very true... but yet Python, Ruby and Perl are in fact quite commonly known as scripting languages... hmm

well... i guess the original definition of a scripting language applied to any language that could replace the archaic shell script... i.e any language that supported the "#!/usr/bin/lang_interpreter" line..

but the meaning has changed over the years... now a scripting language is any lanuage that can be used within another language.. like the ones mentioned above and many more, including Sleep, Boo, and Groovy.

Yep and i think having a generic scripting language section would be great.. but only if we adhere to the definition above (or something similar)... but we can have an exception to the rule: if language that has it's own sub-category, then posts relating to that language should be made within that subsection and not it the generic scripting-language section
wtd




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:53 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred different definitions of 'scripting language'. Smile
wtd




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:54 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

An alternative suggestion: 'Lightweight Languages'.
rizzix




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:07 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

how about (the more commonly used term) 'Agile Programming Languages'
wtd




PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:11 pm   Post subject: (No subject)

That's a good one too.
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