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Jabo · Apr 7th, 2008, 8:07 PM

I would say the main difference between a scripting language and a programming language would be the need to compile; a script needs only to be ran, while a program needs to be compiled. Java would be the black sheep and the exception to that rule on both sides.

Apr 7th, 2008, 8:07 PM	#4
Jabo Not a user? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 245 Rep Power: 1	Re: New to programming, well kind of.. I would say the main difference between a scripting language and a programming language would be the need to compile; a script needs only to be ran, while a program needs to be compiled. Java would be the black sheep and the exception to that rule on both sides.