Scripting Languages seem to be on the vanguard of programming language design and/or evolution these days. leaving more traditional, more academic languages, (and more traditional academics) in the dust. Much more should be said about this. For the moment, I just want to remember where I found this: O'Reilly Network: Why Scripting Languages Matter [May. 14, 2003] and this: O'Reilly Network: The Crafty Turk [Jul. 21, 2003]
--BF, wishing all my bottom-feeding friends a Happy 2004...
PS, I also bookmarked this nugget 'o wisdom from Timmy Boy too, thought I don't recall why: O'Reilly Network: Refolding the Instructions [Apr. 09, 2003]. Probably because it seemed consonant with Christopher Alexander's thinly-veiled Zen allusions...
