Computing Dictionary
scripting language definition
language (Or "glue language") A loose term for any language that is
weakly typed or
untyped and has little or no provision for complex
data structures. A program in a scripting language (a "
script") is often
interpreted (but see
Ousterhout's dichotomy).
Scripts typically interact either with other programs (often as
glue) or with a set of functions provided by the interpreter, as with the
file system functions provided in a
UNIX shell and with
Tcl's
GUI functions. Prototypical scripting languages are
AppleScript,
C Shell,
MS-DOS batch files and
Tcl.
(2001-03-06)
