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They use Tcl, though, but I guess there is always bound to be an abomination in every project…
by WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
They use Tcl, though, but I guess there is always bound to be an abomination in every project…
- Klonoar 3y agoThis is my only true gripe with MacPorts. Tcl made some sense ~20 years ago but it’s 2023 and the only time I ever touch it anymore is for MacPorts itself.
- saagarjha 3y agoAmusingly it makes a lot of sense today, by accident: Tcl happens to be one of the only scripting runtimes left on a base macOS install.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoThere are two versions of Perl, awk, and Ruby in a fresh Sonoma install. I would say that moving Python away into XCode tools was an easy thing to do, but to rip the others away, it will take quite an effort. I predict that Apple will admit defeat at the very least with Perl, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Lindy effect. It has entrenched itself so much that you won't just yank it away without some serious bleeding. Also, there is jsc if JavaScript is what floats your boat, although it's buried quite deep.