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> It was somewhat inevitable chain of events The question that intrigues me is why Tcl/Tk didn't take off around 1995. We could have had internet apps about a
by thisrod 8y ago
> It was somewhat inevitable chain of events
The question that intrigues me is why Tcl/Tk didn't take off around 1995. We could have had internet apps about a decade before web apps were feasible.
The only answer I can think of is that no one in 1995 would have contemplated running a Tcl script that their computer had just downloaded from a random host, but Javascript boiled that frog gradually. I'd be keen to hear other ideas.
- blacksqr 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2380044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2380044