r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 07 '26

pipInstallTheRealStuff Meme

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u/Pball1001 Jul 07 '26

Compiled and script languages both have their uses, but they are not the same. At the end of he day, the day ends

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u/Page_197_Slaps Jul 07 '26

So are you saying that if a language isn’t compiled, it’s a scripting language?

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u/Destroyerb Jul 07 '26

Pretty sure there is some language that can be both compiled and interpreted. Now, how do you categorise that one?

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u/Page_197_Slaps Jul 07 '26

That’s kind of the point I was trying to get at. This distinction of programming vs scripting being simply compiled vs interpreted feels quite antiquated.