I never wanted to add include statements to Om. I was always very keen to ensure that each script file could be compiled in isolation without having to do any kind of old-fashioned text-insertion.

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 ...

Scripting languages are the hot technology today for application and Web development — no longer the backwater afterthought of the early days running in a pokey interpreter. Nor are scripting ...