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A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.

A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.

Scripts can be written and executed on the fly, without explicit compile and link steps; they are typically created or modified by the person executing them. A scripting language is usually interpreted from source code or bytecode. By contrast, the software environment the scripts are written for is typically written in a compiled language and distributed in machine code form; the user may not have access to its source code, let alone be able to modify it.

For more information see Wikipedia Entry about Scripting language

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What is the Importance of the main() Function in the Ring programming language?

All C language programs must have a main() function. It's the core of every program but what was the purpose of including the "Main" function in the Ring programming language ? what is the difference between this program see "hello, world!" and…
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Implementing a simple XML based Scripting Language for an XNA Game

I'm working with a team on a RPG engine in C# and XNA. We're planning on targeting Windows and Windows Phone 7, but are running into issues with AI interactions and controlling player actions during cutscenes. FOr the most part, everything is…
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Character code pages: control code page assignment that means "the next rendered character (in this source code) is escaped?"

I acknowledge this question may be unanswerable, or extremely difficult to answer. Also, notwithstanding I expect this audience to be familiar with what escape sequences in e.g. scripting languages are, for reasons of clarity you'll see later in the…
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How can I interact with PHP or the other scripting language in my Web server?

I have written a web server in C and I want to add some scripting language support like (PHP,...) to the server. How can I interact with PHP and other scripting language? How send them requests and get responses? Is there any document or guide about…
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Passing objects from python to powershell

I want to have an integration between my python scripts and my powershell scripts. For that I need the option to pass object of class I made so powershell could work with it. That class contains string type properties and one object property that…
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Scripting language to embed into a Java server application

I want to make a business logic of server side Java application as a set of scripts. So I need from a scripting engine: Maximum Java interoperability (i.e. Spring framework) Script reloading and recompiling Easy DB access from scripting language…
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input a number and output the Fibonacci number recursively Perl

For a given value N I am trying to output the corresponding Fibonacci number F(N). My script doesn't seem to enter the recursive stage. fibonnaci($number) is not calling the subroutine. It is simply outputing "fibonacci(whatever number is…
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Game engine deployment strategy for the Android?

In college, my senior project was to create a simple 2D game engine complete with a scripting language which compiled to bytecode, which was interpreted. For fun, I'd like to port the engine to android. I'm new to android development, so I'm not…
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Implement a jump function

I'm trying to create an interpreter for my scripting language using ANTLR4. I have yet implemented the standard operations (mul, div, sub, etc...) using visitors and now i've to implement a jump \ Salta function call. Jump(n) FunctionCall ignore n…
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Please recommend an interpreted language with pattern matching

I'm looking for an interpreted language that's easy for quick scripting like python or ruby but has more of a Haskell feel to it (i.e. a functional language). Specifically, I want it to have pattern matching features like in haskell. Does such a…
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How does #assign and #global variables scope works in ftl's?

I am currently looking to figure the scope of #assign variable. However, scope seems to be confusing please see following example and try to explain. I have some hypothesis which works but if somebody has concrete documentation, it will be very…
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New scripting language

I am trying to create a scripting language by myself (it doesn't have to be perfect - although that would be great if it was), mostly because i'm doing it for fun and to learn about how they're created etc. According to the answer over here:…
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Going for an scripting language from C world

I came from a C-Java-C# world... where the parentheses were VIP citizens and types were loved by everyone : ) Sometimes I need to develop some piece of code to automatize a repetitive task, convert some complex frame, order an input file, send…
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AutoIt imagesearch not working properly

Im trying to click different images that pops up in a flash game but my script isnt working properly. Sometimes it works the way it should, though sometimes the cursor just moves up to the left corner and stays there for some reason. What could I be…
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embedded scripting language deep rationale

My question refers to: Scripting languages and Game Dev/Programming What I'd like to ask about is the deep rationale for embedding scripting languages into games. If you check wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freescape Then you can see that a…
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