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Scripting languages are usually used for gluing together pre-existing component and automation of manual work. They provide features like dynamic typing and extensibility that make them easy to learn. Scripting languages grew out of the need to shorten the traditional edit-compile-link-run process. As such, most of the scripting languages today are interpreted. However, this is not a defining feature; there are scripting languages that are compiled. | |||
==Advantages that object orientation bring to a scripting language== | ==Advantages that object orientation bring to a scripting language== | ||
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Object-Oriented Languages and Scripting
Scripting
Scripting languages are usually used for gluing together pre-existing component and automation of manual work. They provide features like dynamic typing and extensibility that make them easy to learn. Scripting languages grew out of the need to shorten the traditional edit-compile-link-run process. As such, most of the scripting languages today are interpreted. However, this is not a defining feature; there are scripting languages that are compiled.