Is Python really a scripting language?

[Chris Mellon]

On Dec 14, 2007 2:07 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:43:18 +0100, Bruno Desthuilliers
> <bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com> declaimed the
> following in comp.lang.python:
>
> >
> > I still wait to see any clear, unambiguous definition of "scripting
> > language". Which one are you refering to here ?
> >
>         Strangely, once you leave the realm of "shell" languages (DCL, JCL,
> bash, etc.) I can think of only ONE language that I'd consider a true
> "scripting language"... ARexx on the Amiga, as it could "address" any
> application that created a compatible ARexx message port.
>
>         This meant one could write ARexx programs that could, by changing
> the "address", send application native commands to an application,
> retrieve returned data, and then send that data to a second application
> using its native commands.
>
>         No hassle with subprocess spawning or pipe I/O blocking...
>

Applescript works in a very similar way.