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Tcl is basically a sloppier Perl with a GUI.
by 77pt77 2y ago
Tcl is basically a sloppier Perl with a GUI.
- tlavoie 2y agoWell, and a GUI that people see fit to implement within many other languages as well.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoBut you can look at it without barfing, at least. And have fun doing wacky metaprogramming instead of wacky code golfing aka obfuscation.
- kqr 2y agoI came into this comment thread thinking "why should I bother with Tcl if I know Perl" but your comment nearly sold me. When I do Perl it's because I can afford to be sloppy, and coming with a GUI sounds like a good deal!
- eternityforest 2y agoTCL fits on microcontrollers. If I'm looking at anything other than Python or bash(for trivial logicless scripting) it's probably because I'm in a constrained environment.
- bch 2y ago> Tcl is basically a sloppier Perl That’s a hot take for one language with basically a sheet to describe it[0], and another whose “rules” are best described by “whatever this implementation does.” [0] https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Dodekalogue https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Dodekalogue