Interpreted Language

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comp-sci

Is a programming language that is interpreted by an interpreter program which translates the source code into computations and system calls on the fly. The source code has to be reinterpreted each time the code is executed.

Interpreted languages are generally slower and more restricted than their compiled counterparts however they tend to be easier to program and more forgiving of errors.

Scripting Languages

Interpreted languages with high-level operators designed for gluing together computations. Example: Awk, TCL, sh.

Programs written in scripting languages are generally much shorter than the equivalent program in C.