[Jeremy_Mc]

There is no debate...

scripting is scripting for all it is.

there is a big difference between scripting languages and programming languages. until the 32 bit version of visual basic 4, vb was a scripting language that only compiled to p-code. java has to have the VM to be interpreted. it's the same concept as someone who writes mirc scripts. you need mirc to interpret them. same concept as perl, php, bash, etc etc. they may be commonly referred to as programming languages, but they are anything but. programming languages compile to native code that can be independently interpreted.

let's not turn this into a flame thread.

you can find plenty of other threads on other boards about this and countless web pages.

*jeremy