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[–] 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.