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Thank you for saying so. It's probably because my comment was so terse and comes off as flippant. But I assure you it was not meant to be. I think it very much
by igravious 9y ago
Thank you for saying so. It's probably because my comment was so terse and comes off as flippant. But I assure you it was not meant to be. I think it very much matters that TCL doesn't have a BDFL. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I'd forgotten that Ousterhout was initial head honcho. I got to know Tcl via Expect and Tk, like many others I'm sure. Kind of like how many encounter Ruby through Rails and Perl through having committed some awful deed in a previous life. Tk and Expect were always pretty niche though.
- luckydude 9y agoWell cool, I upvoted your stuff. I agree that the BDFL is extremely valuable. Tcl is doing ok but it's not the same as when there was someone with a lot of vision setting a clear direction. The core team that is left believes in everything is a string too much for my taste, I think Ousterhout would have fixed more stuff by now.