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0 pointsiends4y ago0 comments

Erlang is compiled to bytecode, right? So is it considered a scripting language?

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I don't understand the connection being made between having a bytecode compiler and being a scripting language.

Java is definitely not a scripting language

Is JavaScript? Python? Ruby? All major implementations of all three are bytecode compilers/VMs.

psim14y ago

It "feels" like a scripting language and is run in a runtime shell environment. But I would concede to your point, as well.

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I don't understand the connection being made between having a bytecode compiler and being a scripting language.

Java is definitely not a scripting language

Is JavaScript? Python? Ruby? All major implementations of all three are bytecode compilers/VMs.

psim14y ago

It "feels" like a scripting language and is run in a runtime shell environment. But I would concede to your point, as well.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse