[sdenton4]

I feel like "requires compilation" is a good first order differentiator. And "has a somewhat sane type system" is another.

[triceratops]

TypeScript requires compilation and has a rich type system. It also has "script" in the name.

I think "scripting" vs "programming" language differentiation is elitist nonsense. This isn't a meaningful boundary. It's more useful to speak of languages in terms of strong/duck/loose typing, syntax, supported programming paradigms, ecosystems, available libraries and tooling, and intended use cases.

[cozzyd]

Well, C++ can be interpreted (sort of, see CINT) and can certainly be semi-transparently jitted (see cling). Although it's certainly not designed for that!

[colejohnson66]

C# 9 added “top level statements” which seems to be the first steps towards usage in a script environment.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csh...

[wwright]

Templates are turing complete and universally interpreted AFAIK (I don't think any implementation compiles them before evaluation?). There's also features like constexpr these days.

[kevin_thibedeau]

tcc is fast enough to run C code (or langs targeting C) as scripts.