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Tcl has been used for decades as the language of choice in the electronic design automation world. I often lament how it has not died out. It's demise is long

• nomel 5y ago
  > as the language of choice I'm not sure that's an appropriate phrasing. The word "choice" implies that alternatives are available, and there a decision was part of the selection. I think "Has been used for the language that momentum has demanded" might be more accurate. ;)
  • kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
    Synopsys used to have their own scripting language that was so limited you couldn't define functions. You had to resort to setting variables as pretend arguments and continually including another script for any code you needed to invoke multiple times without duplication.