Ah, the memories.The startup I joined in 1999 had its own application server loosely based on AOLServer architecture.We had Apache + mod_tcl, IIS with our own ISAPI extension, then in box connections for all major RDMS across all key UNIXes and Windows NT/2000.Some left to join companies doing Vignette projects, others eventually created OutSystems redoing the same ideas, but with the newly released .NET.However it was also a lesson in performance issues, and the constant pressure to rewrite Tcl code into C extensions.
I used it when I worked at AOL :)Was great for rapid prototyping and a/b testing in volume. Not sure I'd pick it ever again for anything, but it was interesting for sure.
When Rails came out, I was like what is the buzz all about, we have been doing this already for several years.
I remember using tcl inside pages running under Vignette Story Server circa 2000 before we started with jsp
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The startup I joined in 1999 had its own application server loosely based on AOLServer architecture.
We had Apache + mod_tcl, IIS with our own ISAPI extension, then in box connections for all major RDMS across all key UNIXes and Windows NT/2000.
Some left to join companies doing Vignette projects, others eventually created OutSystems redoing the same ideas, but with the newly released .NET.
However it was also a lesson in performance issues, and the constant pressure to rewrite Tcl code into C extensions.
baggachipz · · focus · HN ↗
Was great for rapid prototyping and a/b testing in volume. Not sure I'd pick it ever again for anything, but it was interesting for sure.
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