Python is the best and most popular general purpose scripting language; the universal scripting language

[Nelson Minar]

Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> writes:
>exactly what makes something a "scripting" langauge?

A scripting language is a language that you can't use to write an
operating system kernel.

A scripting language is a language that isn't a pain in the ass to use.


'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it
means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' 
  http://sundials.org/about/humpty.htm