Re: Is the Java language available as freeware?

From:

"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:13 -0500

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"Daniel Pitts" <googlegroupie@coloraura.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 12, 10:41 am, "Peter Olcott" <NoS...@SeeScreen.com> wrote:

I am looking for a good scripting engine for the MS Windows platform.

Java is free, but its not a "scripting engine". Its a full blown
general-purpos programming language. Depending on your requirements,
Java may be too heavy-weight.

If you want some simple batching, then using .BAT files may be enough
(built-in Windows)

Somewhere between batch files and perl/python/ruby/bash is WSH, Windows
Scripting Host. WSH is actually a platform, and languages you can write in
include VBScript, JavaScript, and a couple others I don't recall off the top
of my head.

If you need something a little more complicated than batching, look
into a scripting language. Some examples: Perl, Python, Ruby, BASH.

If you are doing anything more complicated than that, Java might be
the right choice for you. You can download the development kit from
Sun, for no charge.

- Oliver