Prominent scripting languages, once viewed as the future of programming by offering ease of use, have slipped in the monthly Tiobe index of language popularity. Only Python and JavaScript still ...

Indeed, programming technology powerhouses Microsoft and Sun both cite their own accommodations for these languages: Sun has opened up the Java Virtual Machine to support scripting languages, and ...

A high-level programming language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be ...

Traditionally, scripting languages weren't used in two areas of programming: systems programming and commercial, installable, "shrink-wrapped" products. Now those barriers have been broken.

CIO.com – Scripting languages have been around pretty much since operating systems were built to stay resident — back to DOS JCL, and no I don’t mean that DOS. I mean the Disk Operating ...

Shell scripting is a lot more powerful than many people realize. With the right commands, shell scripting can automate many tasks and even make life easier for the user. Here's why you shouldn't sleep ...