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Would javascript and similar scripting languages benefit from being strongly typed?

Just had my mind going today. I spent some time in IE debug mode, browsing the web as usual, and oh boy do I see many errors :) Most of these errors are because some value are of a different type than expected (at least as far as I interpret the…
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What scripting languages can be used with the HTML5 canvas element?

What scripting languages can be used with the HTML5 canvas element? This question may really come down to "what scripting languages are commonly supported by browsers?" Nearly all of the HTML5 canvas examples/tutorials use JavaScript. Some use…
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What types of languages are supported in Xcode build phases run script?

I am new to scripting but I need to learn it for a script I need to run in the build phases of an Xcode project. What types of scripts can I write in there? What types of languages are supported? Is there one scripting language easier to learn than…
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Best language for scripting large scale file management

The National Park Service's Natural Sounds Program collects multiple terabytes of data each year measuring soundscapes. In your opinion, what is best available scripting language to manage massive amounts of files and file types? We would like to…
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Scripting languages in XCode

I notice that Java has a number of ancillary scripting languages. Clojure and Groovy for example. My understanding is that these can be used when the full might and power of Java does not need to be applied and a speedy cludge can be hacked in…
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Inspiration for easy-to-use, probably graphical, scripting language

I have to implement some scripting capabilities in our product. The scripting will typically be used for simple things such as: IF param1 > 5 + param3 AND current time > 18.00: SET param2 TO 3 ELSE SET param2 TO 4 Another very common task is to…
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Programming language with native code support, No framework (I write the framework)

I'm looking for a programming language. It should be an easy language to learn, and should have a Garbage Collector. It should be a basic language with features like basic types (integer, boolean), arrays and etc, and I should write the framework.…
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