Appendix C. The Power of Scripting

Scripting languages are dynamic, interactive environments for rapid development of Java code. Many are either object-oriented or object-based, and almost all are interpreted and use late-bound polymorphism. This makes them extremely dynamic and easy to program—essential ingredients in rapid application development (RAD), component gluing, and project prototyping.

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