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Miguel Icaza talks about scripting support (Python, in this case) on .NET. The question isn't scripting languages; it's dynamic languages, and certain specific things:
DNU (doesNotUnderstand) - very, very useful for Proxying
#perform type behavior
changing classes and/or other objects at runtime (#become: and friends)
Generally, it's not whether a language is a 'scripting' language - it's how dynamic a language is. For instance, #Smalltalk (an implementation for .NET) - does not support the last item on the list above.
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