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Scripting Languages vs Programming Languages

Introduction

Quite often, the terms scripting language and programming language are used interchangeably. However, this is wrong as, apart from the fact that both languages are used in the software development field, these two terms are very different from each other.

Introduction
One important thing to note is that all scripting languages can be used as programming languages, but the opposite is not true. Moreover, the scripting languages are interpreted and do not require compilation, but the programming ones do.

Let’s learn a bit more about both scripting and programming languages, their key features, and their differences.