Linked by David Adams on Tue 14th Oct 2008 03:52 UTC, submitted by estherschindler
Several up-and-coming scripting languages--some open-source--are gaining popularity among software developers. These dynamic programming languages, including Groovy, Scala, Lua, F#, Clojure and Boo, deserve more attention for your enterprise software development, even if your shop is dedicated to Java or .NET. Here's why.
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2008-08-19
Depends on how you define a scripting language, doesn't it? Personally, I think the distinction is somewhat pointless - that a scripting language is simply a language well suited to scripting, regardless of what else it might be suited to. Python is certainly a good language for scripting, and also for larger-scale development.