Scripting: Higher Level Programming for the 21st CenturyScripting: Higher Level Programming for the 21st Century (This article appears in IEEE Computer magazine, March 1998) Abstract Scripting languages such as Perl and Tcl represent a very different style of programming than system programming languages such as C or JavaTM. Scripting languages are designed for "gluing" applications; they use typeless approaches to achieve a higher level of programmin
