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There was a period in the early-Web days when Tcl looked like a serious contender to take the lead in Web programming too, thanks to its use as the main scripti
by smacktoward 7y ago
There was a period in the early-Web days when Tcl looked like a serious contender to take the lead in Web programming too, thanks to its use as the main scripting language in the influential AOLServer (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLserver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLserver).
Of course that didn't end up happening, but it's interesting to think about what might have been different if it had.
- bch 7y agoIt was also embedded in browsers[0]. It “could have been javascript”. Sort of a bitter-sweet scenario - I think some were excited that Tcl could have been out there more, in people’s face, but others think Tcl dodged a bullet, as mass adoption would have laid a tough burden of backward compatibility and a bit of ossification that the core team is happy to not have mandated on them. [0] https://books.google.ca/books?id=GQIMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22tcl%22+web+browser+ncsa&source=bl&ots=P7j7qSO1FQ&sig=ACfU3U0mC1wybigQnPqzpl_FOByVZecLEw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_lrbWyarnAhVaHDQIHQmYDGEQ6AEwAHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22tcl%22%20web%20browser%20ncsa&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=GQIMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4...