The Birth of Tcl

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Post by timthorn » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 4:00 PM UTC

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by sedatk » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by monetus » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 5:43 PM UTC

sedatk wrote: post #2

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

You're not alone

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by mftb » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

sedatk wrote: post #2

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

Indeed as sibling comment mentions there are Tcl fans out there. The guy who created redis has good things to say[0]. With a little evangelism it could maybe stage a comeback.

[0]http://antirez.com/articoli/tclmisunderstood.html

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

sedatk wrote: post #2

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

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Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:11 PM UTC

sedatk wrote: post #2

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

Fellow tcl lover here. When I left my tcl job I felt like I was approaching some next level of productivity that I've never quite found with other languages

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by bitwize » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

Tcl is insane. The language is straight out of The Book (Anathem). By that I mean, the semantics are not just wrong, they're so wrong they risk warping your brain. But the language somehow remains useful, powerful, and flexible. And there is still no faster way to get from zero to working GUI in the 2020s on a conventional computing environment (Windows or some Unix). So it's fantastic for prototyping at the very least.

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by geogra4 » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

My first job was writing Tcl code to orchestrate various little c++ apps that were used for data processing to create various terrains for a flight sim training app. Love the language. But that was a long time ago.

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by monetus » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:25 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #7

Tcl is insane. The language is straight out of The Book (Anathem). By that I mean, the semantics are not just wrong, they're so wrong they risk warping your brain. But the language somehow remains useful, powerful, and flexible. And there is still no faster way to get from zero to working GUI in the 2020s on a conventional computing environment (Windows or some Unix). So it's fantastic for prototyping at the very lea…

What drives you the most nuts about the syntax?

Re: The Birth of Tcl

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Post by andrepd » Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

sedatk wrote: post #2

I like Tcl a lot. The design is simple, extremely easy to learn, and yet the code is still maintainable (((looking at you LISP))). Among the scripting languages I've used, I probably liked Tcl the most. I wish it didn't fall out of favor.

Off-topic, but you should be aware that the (((triple parentheses))) are apparently an anti-semitic thing. Just so you know it can be misinterpreted in some contexts x)