↑これ書いた奴、自分でリンクしておきながらきっと Scripting languages (Wikipedia:英語) の方を読んでないだろ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_language > A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language > that allows some control of a single or many software application(s). > "Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application.
いきなりこっちのいわゆるLLとは別物じゃねーか。んで、
> Perl was originally designed to overcome the limitations of these tools, > but has grown to be one of the most widespread general purpose languages.
> [General-purpose dynamic languages] > See also: Dynamic programming language (リンク)