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in reply to Re^2: At Last, a Useful Definition of "Scripting Language"
in thread At Last, a Useful Definition of "Scripting Language"

scripting languages, because they can be created and/or modified very easily on the fly, are used to do things, and non-scripting programming languages are used to make things.

This seems to get to the heart of it. But, does this mean you are unable to identify a scripting language without examining how its used?

This also implies a different development methodology for scripting than for making things.