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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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C# scripting without hardcoding

I am trying to create a game with scripting in C#. I asked a similar question earlier but the example pointed to invovled hardcoding in the .cs file. Is there anyway to compile and run an Assembly containing C# code that contains functions,…
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Passing Arguments to Shell Script

Very simple question may be but not able to get this working....essentially i have a XML file which is internally allows me to pass few arguments to a external program in my case i chose shell script due to unavoidable reasons. Now it is working…
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How can I automate and share sessions between Firefox and Perl?

Is it possible to do part of a web flow in Perl and then transfer the rest of the session to Firefox? I need to retry(with Perl) logging in to a website which returns 500 every now and then on a successful login, transfer the authenticated session…
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Built-in scripting language available on all major operating systems?

Does anyone know of a scripting language that's included with most platforms (say Mac/Windows/Linux)? I haven't been able to find one. So far javascript in web browsers or compiled java are about it. Jython comes close. My goal is to be able to…
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Is there a list of new programming languages?

Does anybody know of a website that lists new scripting/programming languages (or old ones)? I'm not talking about new versions of existing languages, just new or old ones that most people haven't heard of. Even if they're not good languages...?
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Define a Gradle task with inputs from project dependencies?

Background: I have a multi-project Gradle build, and I've defined a Gradle task which runs JavaScript unit tests in an Exec task. The inputs to this task are the JavaScript files in the project, so it's only re-run if one of the source files are…
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Best way to automate tasks in windows

Mac has applescript 'built in' and I've found its pretty nice to work with for automating stuff. What's the best windows equivalent?
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appcfg.py is not running with cmd prompt (Windows 7)

I am having strange problem. I used to run appcfg.py to update my app to appengine but now its not working anymore. When I run this command C:\Program Files \Google\google_appengine>appcfg.py update E:\path\myApp\ Its not giving me anything,…
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statically typed, embeddable, compilable scripting langage

I'm lookign for a langage with the following features : SWIG-compatible, or similar. Compatibility with C++ should be easy : C, C++, AllegroCL, C# - Mono, C# - MS .NET, CFFI, CHICKEN, CLISP, D, Go , Guile, Java, Lua, MzScheme/Racket, Ocaml,…
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Problem in JSR223 script, JSR223 PostProcessor : javax.script.ScriptException

I am using Jmeter 5.0 where i have piece of java code written inside a JSR223 PostProcessor. The code is as follows - import java.util.Map; import java.util.HashMap; Map gamePlayHistoryMap = new HashMap(); gamePlayHistoryMap.put(${playerId},…
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Should I use Perl or Python for network monitoring?

I want to have some work done on the Network front, pinging numerous computers on a LAN and retrieving data about the response time. Which would be the most useful and productive to work with: Perl or Python?
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How to use try catch in NSIS

hi im getting a weird error on few machines in my nsis installer while installing. Its is giving "Invalid win32 file handle" while installing fonts using fontreg.nsh i've tried google but didnt got an answer to this issue. now im thinking to…
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How to resolve "shift: can't shift that many" error while running a shell script?

I have a shell script with different methods.The script is status(){ PID=$(ps -ef | grep jmeter_script.sh|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}') } start(){ shift if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then exit 1; fi jmeter.sh -n -t…
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How to pass parameters using command line arguments in shell script

I am new to shell script and I am working on shell scripting for jmeter. So far to run a jmeter script, I have written my shell script like below: #! bin/sh start(){ echo "Please enter the file name .jmx extension" read file echo…
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Are all scripting languages interpreted?

Are all scripting languages interpreted? I haven't come across a compiled + scripting language yet. the following languages are both interpreted and scripting languages. what is the connection between interpreted languages and scripting…
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