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Erlang is compiled to bytecode, right? So is it considered a scripting language?


I don't understand the connection being made between having a bytecode compiler and being a scripting language.


Java is definitely not a scripting language


Is JavaScript? Python? Ruby? All major implementations of all three are bytecode compilers/VMs.


It "feels" like a scripting language and is run in a runtime shell environment. But I would concede to your point, as well.




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