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I've dabbled in Tcl a few times, and I really like it. The author talks about the ease with which the language's syntax can be extended. For me, this gives me
by rpeden 15y ago
I've dabbled in Tcl a few times, and I really like it.
The author talks about the ease with which the language's syntax can be extended. For me, this gives me the same feeling I get when I'm using Lisp. I'm aware of the large differences between the languages, but the feeling of freedom they both provide makes using them flat-out fun.
- perlgeek 15y agoBoth Lisp and Tcl are "everything is a-" languages. In Lisp, everything is a list. In Tcl, everything is a string. (For some values of "everything"). I guess that's really the key to allowing easy syntax extensions; it means that programs are represented in the very core data type, and you have lots of tool to manipulate it.
- veyron 15y agoIn fact, it's actually simpler to expose C components using Lua than Tcl.