CompuServe Messages

I was wondering if the scripting is of any use at all to anyone who knows absolutely NOTHING about programing (like me)? I'm still not sure exactly what "scripting" really means. Does it let you just write up in text what 3ds is supposed to do, as opposed to just doing it manually in 3ds itself? what is the big advantage of doing it this way (aside from having a set of commands or motions that you can just assign to an object)? ??? David