On 02/08/17 04:35, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > what difference do you make between python scripts and python code files? >
Not much. Scripts are a concept more than a defined term, they often refer to executable programs written in a "scripting language" - which is usually an interpreted language, like Python. Scripts traditionally coordinate the actions of other, external programs, but as scripting languages get more powerful they increasingly do all the work themselves. Code files covers any file containing code. Thus a script is a subset of code file since it contains code. But code files are not all executable, some are modules to be imported by other code files (including scripts). > are codes relating to file manipulation called scripts? Not necessarily. Scripts tend to be shorter, comparatively simple programs, similar to OS utilities. So they might manipulate files, or they may tweak environment or network settings etc. But some programs that manipulate files are much more complex than that (think of a web server) and would not normally be called scripts. But it is a very vague area, the naming of scripts, programs, applications, systems, modules, packages, libraries etc. There are no clear definitions of where one stops and the next begins. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
