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From: "Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>
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Subject: Re: Would an *AdaScript* language be a good / bad idea?
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"Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com> wrote in message
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>
> At ACT we use (full) Ada as a scripting language all the time. The
> advantages of strong typing etc apply perfectly well in this environment
> as well. Our only problems with scripts are the old ones written in junk
> untyped languages like shell scripts :-)

Your definition of "scripting language" is certainly different from mine.  I
did a google search to find a definition and found:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/glossary/scripting.html
 which is consistant with how I would describe a scripting language.

While I agree that anything that may be done with a scripting language may
also be done with a general purpose compiled language, IMHO they are not the
same thing.

SteveD