Is Python programming language?

[gmspro]

Hello all,

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?

Thanks.

 

[rusi]

Hello all,

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?

Thanks.

One said: English is the language spoken in England.
Another One said: English is the language internationally used for
commerce, academics and much else.

Who is 'true'? Is one false because the other is true?

[Amusing that this is being said at the same time as a necroposted
thread about the multi-meanings of bool in python]

More seriously: Python is one of the first serious programming
languages and scripting languages.
Those who think that one excludes the other are probably learnt their
programming/CS half a century ago and stopped learning soon after.

For many such mis-takes in CS education see my:
http://blog.languager.org/2011/02/cs-education-is-fat-and-weak-1.html
and its sequel
http://blog.languager.org/2011/02/cs-education-is-fat-and-weak-2.html

 

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

Am 08.02.2013 14:03, schrieb gmspro:

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language, is that true?

That depends on your definition of scripting language and programming
language.

Python's not a language but an animal.

Uli

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Hello all,

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language,
is that true?

Python is a high-level, object-oriented, strongly-typed programming language
with garbage collection, byte-code compilation, dynamic types, and syntax
that includes OOP, procedural and functional styles.

It is an excellent glue language for libraries written in C, C++, Fortran,
Java and CLR (dot-Net). It is also good for scripting. But that doesn't
mean it is only a scripting language.

Calling Python a scripting language is like calling an iPad "a clock", just
because it has a clock app. Yes, you can use your iPad to tell the time,
and that makes it a clock. But it's not *just* a clock, and Python is not
*just* a scripting language.

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

One said, Python is not programming language, rather scripting language,
is that true?

I forgot to mention, there is a FAQ about this:

http://docs.python.org/2/faq/general.html#what-is-python-good-for

 

[Mark Lawrence]

One said: English is the language spoken in England.

Wrong, English is spoken in some parts of England but I've no idea what
you'd call the language used in Newcastle upon Tyne.