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I agree with Wikipedia (Score:1)

by stu42j (6348)

A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language that controls a software application. "Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language [wikipedia.org]
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  by chromatic (983) on 2008.03.04 2:31 (#61481) Homepage Journal
  
  For that to work, you have to examine the purpose of a specific piece of code. That seems reasonable.
  
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