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I didn't call it a scripting language. Nor do I think C would be great to write scripts in either. :) I only said we write scripts in Zig. But if you'd like to call these files programs instead of scripts then that's ok too!

A number of languages that would have been traditionally compiled (statically typed, produce a native binary by default, etc), have started adding a "run" command.

If your language compiles fast enough, it's about the same experience as running a python script.

I think the idea here is that "small programs" = "scripts". Modern lower level languages are mostly terrific for writing small programs, which obviates the need for scripting languages.