scripting language

language (Or "glue language") A loose term for any language

that is weakly typed or untyped and has little or no

provision for complex data structures. A program in a

scripting language (a "script") is often interpreted (but

see Ousterhout's dichotomy).

Scripts typically interact either with other programs (often

as glue) or with a set of functions provided by the

interpreter, as with the file system functions provided in a

UNIX shell and with Tcl's GUI functions. Prototypical

scripting languages are AppleScript, C Shell, MSDOS batchfiles, and Tcl.

(2001-03-06)