Program, Application, and Software

[Martin Gregorie]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:16:34 +0000, MRAB wrote:

> I'd probably say that a "script" is a program which is normally not
> interactive: you just set it up, start it, and let it do its work (a
> "batch script", for example). It's also written in a language primarily
> designed for convenience rather than speed (Want to manipulate large
> chunks of text? Fine! :-)).
>
I use 'script' to refer to programs written in languages that don't have 
a separate compile phase which must be run before the program can be 
executed. IOW Python and Perl programs are scripts aloing with programs 
written as awk, Javascript and bash scripts.


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