Re: [Nolug] Python : Confusion

On 12/07/08 10:12, B. Estrade wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 11:11:36PM -0600, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>> On 12/06/08 16:18, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
>>>> I see a few people on the list who are confused as to what python is.
>>>>
>>>> Python is not a scripting language.
>>> Of course it is. The beauty is that it makes easy the task of writing
>>> Really Large Scripts.
>> --
>> It does make writing very large scripts very easy. However, Python
>> is most often compiled into bytecode. And if anything you would
>> consider it more of a procedural lang then a scripting lang.
>
> I think you're a bit confused.
>
> Procedural refers to the way you program. It ranks up there with object oriented and functional programming.
>
> Scripting refers to the environment in which it is run, and scripting languages in particular require what is called an "interpreter." In otherwords, Python (like Perl), is a run-time "compiled" code. You can produce standalone executables from Python (and Perl, etc), but they are not the same sort of executables produced by gcc and C programs.

Orthogonality is the word.

Programming paradigm is orthogonal to run-time environment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal#Computer_science

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
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