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My thoughts exactly. I love using expect, but why would I write a C program when I quick and simple TCL script (expect is build with TCL and is threaded and eas

My thoughts exactly. I love using expect, but why would I write a C program when I quick and simple TCL script (expect is build with TCL and is threaded and easy to make thread-safe scripts). There are also expect clones in Python and Perl (probably others, but I know and have used those both) if TCL is an issue for you. This looks nice, but I don't see if as very useful.

elcaro 4y ago
One potential use case could be in creating bindings for other languages that do not have an expect like module. Since it reportedly has a "saner interface than libexpect", it might be less hassle creating FFI bindings to mini-expect.