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Every few years I use Tcl/Tk and the most common reasons are: 1- It's easy to make an executable for Windows (as well as running it on Linux); 2- It's easy to
by forinti 3y ago
Every few years I use Tcl/Tk and the most common reasons are:
1- It's easy to make an executable for Windows (as well as running it on Linux);
2- It's easy to write a GUI.
- sigzero 3y agoYeah, exactly what I used it for. I used to make small one off gui utilities for my team to use to save time doing certain tasks.
- axus 3y agoYep, what I've always appreciated most about Tcl is ease of using Tk. Worst way to make a scripted GUI: dtksh
- SPBS 3y agoAnd there's nothing special about Tcl the language that makes it special for scripting GUIs -- some people just put in the work to make a cross-platform GUI library and now everyone using Tcl benefits from it. I really wish Go had something similar to Tcl/Tk. I know making a cross-platform GUI library is hard, so how did Tcl/Tk's authors do it? All the way back in 1991, which still works even today?
- mometsi 3y agoSun put money into it in the mid 90s, it was their big cross-platform project before putting everything behind Java. see https://www.tcl.tk/about/history.html#Sun https://www.tcl.tk/about/history.html#Sun
- dsab 3y agoIts easy to develop, surely, but my style feeling hurts how ugly TCL GUI looks like compared to modern GUIs
- rightbyte 3y agoGiven the recent trends in "UX" I would regard that as a a feature though.