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I had to use Tcl/Tk for some computational chemistry circa 2005. I'm sure it seemed amazing in the early 90s for quick GUI apps, but 10 years later it was just

by TillE 4y ago

I had to use Tcl/Tk for some computational chemistry circa 2005. I'm sure it seemed amazing in the early 90s for quick GUI apps, but 10 years later it was just an absolute nightmare compared to powerful languages like Python.

masklinn 4y ago
Tcl was definitely powerful, and didn't fall short of Python on that front. It's on most of the other fronts that it did.