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Hexstream on Jan 31, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook rewrites PHP runtime, will open source on...

Well, isn't that called a "general-purpose programming language"?

SapphireSun on Jan 31, 2010 [–]

Maybe "scripting language" is the way today's kids say it?

Hexstream on Feb 1, 2010 | [–]

C is a general-purpose programming language but I don't think anyone ever called it a "scripting" language... (besides "scripting" DSL's with C syntax in some games)

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