[W/K] :: scripting language

  scripting language
       
           (Or "glue language") A loose term for any language
          that is weakly typed or untyped and has little or no
          provision for complex data structures.  A program in a
          scripting language (a "{script") is often interpreted (but
          see Ousterhout's dichotomy).
       
          Scripts typically interact either with other programs (often
          as glue) or with a set of functions provided by the
          interpreter, as with the file system functions provided in a
          UNIX shell and with Tcl's GUI functions.  Prototypical
          scripting languages are AppleScript, C Shell, MSDOS batch
          files, and Tcl.
       
          (2001-03-06)