The Differences Between Dynamic/Scripting Languages and "Regular" Languages No Longer Matter. ... “Regular” programming languages were for “real” applications that would go into production.

The only difference that really comes to mind between scripting and programming are the tools that are used and the implied intent of what is developed. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud ...

The downside is realistic programming is so qualitatively different, it's hard to bridge the gap. One area of difference is in performance analysis. I've written many posts trying to point this out.