cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 15 days agoNot incorrect.mander.xyzimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
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minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoTechnically, half of those are scripting languages not programming languages. Anyway my favourite is Bash because I’m weird, even for a nerd.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
minus-squarecouch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoNerds like to push this narrative
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoThat’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted. Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoInterpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThere is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoPedantic correct. The best type of correct.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoNo, 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.
Technically, half of those are scripting languages not programming languages.
Anyway my favourite is Bash because I’m weird, even for a nerd.
how is a script not a program??
I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
Nerds like to push this narrative
That’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted.
Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
Interpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
Pedantic correct. The best type of correct.
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.