Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:11:51 -0700, sturlamolden wrote: > >> Yes. And because Python is a "scripting language" > > > Python is a programming language. It can be used for scripting, but > that's not all it can do. Describing it as a "scripting language" is > like describing a fully-equipped professional kitchen as "a left-over > warming room".
I'm putting words in sturlamolden's mouth here, but I think he was implying that Python has all the advantages of a "scripting language", hence has a much gentler introduction than many fully-fledged programming languages (and indeed, many scripting languages). Cheers, Tim Delaney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list