Despite being interpreted, I wouldn't call
Java a scripting language. There are
sizable applications out there written entirely
in Java, such as Star Office.
Would you call the people who coded Star Office
'web-scripters' ? (Star Office may not be a great
application, but it certainly isn't a web-script).
A lot of the Java coding I've done is on stuff where C++ was initially considered, but dropped when ease of memory-management and portability took precedence of performance.
Java is certainly more akin to C/C++ than languages like Perl or Javascript.
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Despite being interpreted, I wouldn't call Java a scripting language. There are sizable applications out there written entirely in Java, such as Star Office. Would you call the people who coded Star Office 'web-scripters' ? (Star Office may not be a great application, but it certainly isn't a web-script). A lot of the Java coding I've done is on stuff where C++ was initially considered, but dropped when ease of memory-management and portability took precedence of performance. Java is certainly more akin to C/C++ than languages like Perl or Javascript.