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DEFINITION OF A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE 8

COMPILERS VERSUS INTERPRETERS 8


SOURCE CODE IN PRODUCTION 12
TYPING STRATEGIES 13
DATA STRUCTURES 17
CODE AS DATA 19
SUMMARY 23
SCRIPTING LANGUAGES AND VIRTUAL MACHINES 24
A COMPARISON OF SCRIPTING AND SYSTEM PROGRAMMING 26
RUNTIME PERFORMANCE 26
DEVELOPMENT SPEED 28
ROBUSTNESS 29
MAINTENANCE 32
EXTREME PROGRAMMING 33

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