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TCL/Tk is used heavily in finance/wall street.

• jolmg 8y ago
  I don't know about finance, but I think it's used heavily in aviation.
• Redoubts 8y ago
  Where? Aside from the few OCaml fans, I’ve only ever seen bog-standard Java/C++/Python
• chaosite 8y ago
  It's used heavily at Intel, in hardware verification.
  • Cyph0n 8y ago
    Virtually all EDA (electronic design automation) tools include a Tcl shell that echoes back any GUI action as a Tcl command. This makes it very easy to write Tcl scripts that perform repetitive actions (e.g., load HDL source, compile design, simulate, check value of signal).
• mruts 8y ago
  No it's not. Languages most commonly used in finance are: C/C++, Python, Java, Scala, Julia, Matlab, R, and KDB.
• patrickg_zill 8y ago
  Aplusdev.org used the tk part. While APL is used heavily in many financial institutions I am not sure how widely A+ is used.
  • 3rdAccount 8y ago
    A+ was invented by Arthur Whitney for JP Morgan (iirc). I'm sure they have some things in house still using it, but that it's mostly been deprecated by Whitney's Kdb+ environment which is sold by Kx Systems. It is the APL like "K" language bundled with a database generally run on SSD. I believe it is quite pricey.
    • patrickg_zill 8y ago
      According to the aplusdev.org site it's Morgan Stanley. I have zero knowledge of what the current status is inside that or any other company.
      • 3rdAccount 8y ago
        Ah, similar name. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.