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by roryokane 5153 days ago
> Where by "script" I mean to write a program, but for ad hoc tasks, and on a relatively small scale.

By that, I meant that a “script” is a specific type of program. “Scripting” is a subset of “programming”. Any type of program is a “program”. To be a “script”, a program must be for an ad hoc (one-time) task, and small relative to other programs. At least, according to my idea of the definition – though it is unclear what the “official” definition is.