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  2. Interpreter (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a language by a self-interpreter is not well-founded (it cannot define a language), but a self-interpreter tells a reader about the expressiveness and elegance of a language. It also enables the interpreter to interpret its source code, the first step towards reflective interpreting.

  3. List of programming languages by type - Wikipedia

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    Interpreted languages are programming languages in which programs may be executed from source code form, by an interpreter. Theoretically, any language can be compiled or interpreted, so the term interpreted language generally refers to languages that are usually interpreted rather than compiled.

  4. Tcl - Wikipedia

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    The Tcl programming language was created in the spring of 1988 by John Ousterhout while he was working at the University of California, Berkeley. [14] [15] Originally "born out of frustration", [11] according to the author, with programmers devising their own languages for extending electronic design automation (EDA) software and, more specifically, the VLSI design tool Magic, which was a ...

  5. BASIC - Wikipedia

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    BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) [1] is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963.

  6. Rexx - Wikipedia

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    Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled.It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. [6] [7] It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading.

  7. Lua (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Many non-game applications also use Lua for extensibility, such as LuaTeX, an implementation of the TeX type-setting language, Redis, a key-value database, ScyllaDB, a wide-column store, Neovim, a text editor, Nginx, a web server, Wireshark, a network packet analyzer and Pure Data, a visual audio programming language (through the pdlua extension).

  8. Ruby (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Ruby is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. It was designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity. In Ruby, everything is an object, including primitive data types. It was developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan.

  9. Programming language implementation - Wikipedia

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    In computer programming, a programming language implementation is a system for executing computer programs. There are two general approaches to programming language implementation: [ 1 ] Interpretation : The program is read as input by an interpreter, which performs the actions written in the program.