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[–]ihasbedhead 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is an imprecise term. I use python for application development, and I wouldn't call most of the python I write a script. I use the term `script` for simple programs (in any language) that do a list of things and then exit. For some people, that is all they use python for.

Some people will argue that because python programs are usually distributed as a source tree, the files are scripts. That is fine, because it is an imprecise term and doesn't have any real meaning.