Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...

Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term “Java” refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

So, a couple of questions for the hive mind. I'm curious, what is the design argument for embedding a scripting language in an application?<BR><BR>I'm a developer, and I've used Perl and Python plenty ...