Computer Science / Unit 7 CS 0379 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Scripting Language
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The idea
Scripting languages descend from shell scripting — stringing together commands to perform tasks on an operating system's interface — interpreted at runtime rather than compiled, with batch files as the early vehicle.
In practice
A nightly backup file of strung-together commands is the ancestral form, still working.
Where people slip
Interpreted-at-runtime is the family's defining trait here.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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