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Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by michaelanckaert » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 10:37 AM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #12

jwilk wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it called "Jim"?

Maybe a play on words? Many people pronounce Tcl as tickle. Jim Tcl, George Dickel? If so, they should have named it George Tcl. Jim is known for another whiskey.

Well then it should have been called Test Tcl.... yeah I'll just leave myself out now :p

Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by zero_intp » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

olakease wrote: post #18

I heard many times about tcl or tcl/tk. Never paid attention until today. I really liked the language but looks like kind of dead to me. Last tclkit version is 8 years old. I tried to compile a tcl/tk application to an executable file and most of the websites explaining the process pointed to broken links (other docs, executables, etc). Is tcl/tk still alive?

I still deal with it in telecom. No one wants to abandon in-place hardware infrastructure that the business community still supports.

Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by lilyball » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 1:41 PM UTC

olakease wrote: post #18

I heard many times about tcl or tcl/tk. Never paid attention until today. I really liked the language but looks like kind of dead to me. Last tclkit version is 8 years old. I tried to compile a tcl/tk application to an executable file and most of the websites explaining the process pointed to broken links (other docs, executables, etc). Is tcl/tk still alive?

Tcl/Tk doesn't have the cachet that newer programming languages do, but it certainly still works and is a pretty neat language, and now would be a great time to have a Tcl renaissance.

Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by SQLite » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

olakease wrote: post #18

I heard many times about tcl or tcl/tk. Never paid attention until today. I really liked the language but looks like kind of dead to me. Last tclkit version is 8 years old. I tried to compile a tcl/tk application to an executable file and most of the websites explaining the process pointed to broken links (other docs, executables, etc). Is tcl/tk still alive?

Tcl/Tk is very much alive, and actively maintained. See the check-in history at https://core.tcl.tk/tcl/timeline (Tcl) and https://core.tcl.tk/tk/timeline (Tk). There are annual conferences for developers and users - one in Munich this year (http://www.eurotcl.eu/) and another in Houston (https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/index.html).

Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by andrewshadura » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 6:00 PM UTC

olakease wrote: post #18

I heard many times about tcl or tcl/tk. Never paid attention until today. I really liked the language but looks like kind of dead to me. Last tclkit version is 8 years old. I tried to compile a tcl/tk application to an executable file and most of the websites explaining the process pointed to broken links (other docs, executables, etc). Is tcl/tk still alive?

I'm pretty sure TclKits are still being regularly built, I guess you were looking in a wrong place.

Re: Jim Tcl version 0.78

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Post by mdaniel » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 12:15 AM UTC

olakease wrote: post #18

I heard many times about tcl or tcl/tk. Never paid attention until today. I really liked the language but looks like kind of dead to me. Last tclkit version is 8 years old. I tried to compile a tcl/tk application to an executable file and most of the websites explaining the process pointed to broken links (other docs, executables, etc). Is tcl/tk still alive?

If you've ever typed `git gui` or `gitk`, then you're using Tcl/Tk

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui and http://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git/tree/gitgui-0.21.0:/lib

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitk