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By your definition, JavaSCRIPT is a programming language. Also, by your definition, scripting languages don't exist. Only interpreted programming languages...which is pretty much a fancy way of saying scripting language. It's all the same.

Javascript is a programming language.

We are discussing the definition of programming language. In my mind programming language is a broad term to describe all methods of commanding a computer to follow a procedure. This means that using the GUI to program your Mindstorms kit is programming language (including Dr. Joe's automotive programming).

A scripting language is a programming language in which it must be intrepeted at runtime before turning into machine code.

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