A high-level programming language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be ...

We like to do a lot with a little. That’s the attraction of scripting: it manages big, complicated computing systems — CORBA, for example — with simple, low-cost means. We affectionately call CORBA ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

Jeff Friesen’s Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional is out now from Apress. In this article Jeff introduces you to his new book by presenting excerpts from its chapter on the Java ...

As a Windows system administrator, you constantly perform many routine tasks in an effort to manage, maintain, and support your Windows environment. Occasionally the need will arise to create a script ...

AppleScript is Apple's powerful automation language for macOS. Here's how to use it to speed up your workflow when using your Mac. AppleScript was born in the early 1990's at Apple in an attempt to ...