For my scientific needs, it was more than adequate, and scientists are a big part of programmers (but not necessarily professionals). However in that league eye

For my scientific needs, it was more than adequate, and scientists are a big part of programmers (but not necessarily professionals). However in that league eye candy does not count, instead saving lives or making our world better are of bigger priority. Tcl/TK or in its incarnations ScicolsLab/Tkinter/ Ocaml-Tk have saved the day very often.