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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically, half of those are scripting languages not programming languages.

Anyway my favourite is Bash because I'm weird, even for a nerd.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

how is a script not a program??

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's just the difference between compiled and interpreted.

Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Interpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language

[–] Naich@lemmings.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pedantic correct. The best type of correct.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, it's not. It's objectively inaccurate.

A computer does not care whether the instructions it's executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nerds like to push this narrative