On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 03:24:09PM -0700, Chris Barker via Python-Dev wrote:
> Over the years I've been using it (most of its life), Python has evolved to
> become much less of a "scripting" language, and much more of a "systems"
> language, and this addition is a (pretty significant) step more in that
> direction.
As I understand it, the most commonly accepted definitions are:
Systems language:
low-level languages designed to compile down to efficient
machine code, suitable for writing operating systems,
device drivers, and code for embedded systems.
Application language:
high-level language intended to insulate the programmer
from the gory details of memory management, suitable for
writing user-space applications.
Scripting language:
any interpreted high-level language the speaker doesn't
like *wink*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_programming_language
See also Ousterhout's (false) dichotomy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousterhout's_dichotomy
Python is certainly not a systems language in the sense of C, Ada or
Rust. It could be classified as an application language, like Java. And
it still remains an awesome glue language for C and Fortran code.
--
Steve
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