The Wikipedia writes correctly about what constitutes a [scripting language] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language]. More on the subject appears on the local page called, "[Why Scripting]". [RLH] - Us high falootin' folks call them "dynamic languages". [http://www.activestate.com/Company/NewsRoom/whitepapers_ADL.plex] Article by Larry Wall on scripting http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html Article by Tcl's creator, [John Ousterhout], about scripting [http://home.pacbell.net/ouster/scripting.html] ---- "The State of the Scripting Universe" [http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1759,1778141,00.asp] ---- !!!!!! %| [Category Glossary] |% !!!!!!