Ousterhout's dichotomy
Ousterhout's dichotomy is computer scientist John Ousterhout's categorization that high-level programming languages tend to fall into two groups, each with distinct properties and uses: system programming languages and scripting languages – compare programming in the large and programming in the small. System programming languages (or applications languages) usually have the following properties: They are typed statically They support creating complex data structures Programs in them are compiled into machine code Programs in them are meant to operate largely independently of other programs System programming languages tend to be used for components and applications with large amounts of internal functionality such as operating systems, database servers, and Web browsers.