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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

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?

petre 8y ago
It's still used in applications that just work and boringly continue to do so. Like the SQLite test suite or MacPorts or Expect. Eurocontrol also uses it for air traffic control. https://wiki.tcl.tk/37389 https://wiki.tcl.tk/37389
kryptiskt 8y ago
It's used a lot in the electronics industry for scripting testing and debugging.
zero_intp 8y ago
I still deal with it in telecom. No one wants to abandon in-place hardware infrastructure that the business community still supports.
eridius 8y ago
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.
SQLite 8y ago
Tcl/Tk is very much alive, and actively maintained. See the check-in history at https://core.tcl.tk/tcl/timeline https://core.tcl.tk/tcl/timeline (Tcl) and https://core.tcl.tk/tk/timeline https://core.tcl.tk/tk/timeline (Tk). There are annual conferences for developers and users - one in Munich this year (http://www.eurotcl.eu/ http://www.eurotcl.eu/) and another in Houston (https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/index.html https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/index.html).
andrewshadura 8y ago
I'm pretty sure TclKits are still being regularly built, I guess you were looking in a wrong place.
mdaniel 8y ago
If you've ever typed `git gui` or `gitk`, then you're using Tcl/Tk https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui and http://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git/tree/gitgui-0.21.0:/lib http://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git/tree/gitgui-0.21.0:/lib https://git-scm.com/docs/gitk https://git-scm.com/docs/gitk

petre 8y ago

It's still used in applications that just work and boringly continue to do so. Like the SQLite test suite or MacPorts or Expect. Eurocontrol also uses it for air traffic control. https://wiki.tcl.tk/37389 https://wiki.tcl.tk/37389

kryptiskt 8y ago

It's used a lot in the electronics industry for scripting testing and debugging.

zero_intp 8y ago

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

eridius 8y ago

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.

SQLite 8y ago

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

andrewshadura 8y ago

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

mdaniel 8y ago

If you've ever typed `git gui` or `gitk`, then you're using Tcl/Tk https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui and http://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git/tree/gitgui-0.21.0:/lib http://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git/tree/gitgui-0.21.0:/lib https://git-scm.com/docs/gitk https://git-scm.com/docs/gitk