What is the difference between programming language and scripting language?

Question

I read on this forum that java is oop programming language and java script is oop scripting language. But i don't know the difference between programming and scripting language.
Please help

Answer 1

Scripting languages are programming languages that don't require an compilation step.

For example, you have to compile a Java program before you can run it. But in the normal case, you don't have to compile a JavaScript program before you run it. So JavaScript is sometimes called a "scripting" language.

For more detailed info :
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/whats-the-difference-between-scripting-and-programming-languages/

Answer 2

thanks dave, that is very helping, thanks a lot 👍

Answer 3

Scripting languages are programming language which are not pre-transformed to machine language (the only one a processor can really interpret) but interpreted by a processor running itself in machine language or in a scripting language. They more human friendly but less machine friendly (slower and less adapted to play with all the machine level possibilities)