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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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Looking for an embeddable scripting language for C++ with 64-bit support and Cross Platform

I'm looking for a scripting language that works on 32-bit and 64-bit machines as well as on Windows and Linux. I will be embedding it into a C++ application so I prefer it to be natively written in C++ rather than C. I also would prefer the script…
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Where does scripting fit in today

I was wondering what place scripting has in today's world of IDEs and GUIs. I'm new to programming and am wondering at what point I should, if at all, open up the PowerShell terminal for a particular task. What do people here use scripting for and…
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How fast should an interpreted language be today?

Is speed of the (main/only viable) implementation of an interpreted programming language a criteria today? What would be the optimal balance between speed and abstraction? Should scripting languages completely ignore all thoughts about performance…
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Java 6: Examples for implementing own scripting language using javax.script?

I really can't find good examples for implementing own scripting language using javax.script ... I need just something to start. Documentations Examples Tutorials Videos Presentations slides (PDF) Note 1: I'm really not talking about javascript…
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If you only have a hammer...or

I need to download some csv files over http from the internet, parse it and convert it to a more useful fomat. Eventually a C++ program will consume the data. A few years ago, I would be pulling out my Perl books and start writing Perl scripts to do…
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Game Engine Scripting Languages

I am trying to build out a useful 3d game engine out of the Ogre3d rendering engine for mocking up some of the ideas i have come up with and have come to a bit of a crossroads. There are a number of scripting languages that are available and i was…
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how to create scripting languages

I'd really like to know what knowledge do I have to pursue in order to create scripting languages from the ground up, probably using C++, maybe python, for those are the languages I know. I've searched through SO similar questions, but nothing comes…
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Is there any scripting language that's fast, easy to embed, and well-suited for high-level game-programming?

First off, I'm aware that there are many questions related to this, but none of them seemed to help my specific situation. In particular, lua and python don't fit my needs as well as I could hope. It may be that no language with my requirements…
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describing something, should i use Backus-Naur Form?

I want to describe a complex script and possibly programming language. i was thinking of describing it in Backus-Naur Form before doing anything (excluding dummy/sample script code) Is there another form to describe a language then Backus-Naur Form?…
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Looking for a new language that supports both interpreted and native compilation modes

I currently program in Perl, Python, C#, C, C++, Java, and a few other languages, and I'm looking for a new language to use as a primary when doing personal projects. My current criteria are: can be run as an interpreted language (i.e., run…
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What language is used in apache files?

What is the name of the language used in apache files like httpd.conf and virtual hosts e.g. # Ensure that Apache listens on port 80 Listen 80 DocumentRoot "/www/example1" ServerName www.example.com # Other directives…
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Is it feasible to solve Dots and Boxes game?

The game that I am trying to prove computability for is Dots and Boxes. However, instead of using theorems I am trying to do so by creating an AI that is supposed to have 100% winrate in that game for either player 1 or player 2. If creating an 100%…
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How to give user an equivalent Excel-VBA environment for my application in C#

I'd like to give user the opportunity to do its own report based on my class hierarchy (object in memory). A scripting language like VBA: Visual Basic for Application. Something that would be evaluated at runtime. I'd like the user to be able to…
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Lua scripting line by line

I added Lua scripting to my C# Application by using the DynamicLua libary and it works very well. I would like to implement that you get the current line which is being executed (Like in Visual Studio) and highlight it. Currently I am doing this: …
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Intellisense algorithm for scripting language

I'm building a programmable piece of software. Idea was to let the end users controll the host system through some scripting. Hence the software comes with a script editor for which I'm using RSyntaxTextArea. All is well till here. As a final…
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