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A lot of the power of expect seems to come from the fact that it's (normally) configured/scripted in Tcl https://linux.die.net/man/1/expect https://linux.die.n
by andrelaszlo 2y ago
A lot of the power of expect seems to come from the fact that it's (normally) configured/scripted in Tcl
https://linux.die.net/man/1/expect https://linux.die.net/man/1/expect
I really like that it, like the article mentions, just looks like config for basic scripts but also scales to whatever you need it to do.
- AceJohnny2 2y agoindeed, and other ports of Expect (Perl Pexpect, Python PyExpect) feel awkward as the constructs don't map quite as well to those languages.
- pjmlp 2y agoIn our application server written in Tcl/C, the configuration files were a Tcl DSL, the server would search for specific extensions and source the files, done.