Scripting Languages

• System programming languages:

  • Build complex algorithms and data structures.
  • Work with small building blocks.
  • Examples: database engine, operating system, media server.

• Scripting languages:

  • Glue: hook together existing (large) components.
  • Complexity is in interconnections.
  • Examples: GUIs, management apps, enterprise apps.

• Scripting language examples: sh, Tcl, Visual Basic, Perl.

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