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Tcl/Tk 9.1

304 points · 144 comments · dmux

  1. fmajid · · focus · HN ↗
    I did some Tcl work a quarter century agi, but really if I were in the market for an extension glue language today, I'd reach for Lua first.
    1. kstrauser · · focus · HN ↗
      How come? I don't have enough experience with either to have a preference, but I'd love to hear the opinion of someone more familiar.
      1. rwbt · · focus · HN ↗
        Not the OP but Tcl comes with batteries included and more "full fledged". Lua is just so much more lightweight and so easy to just drop it in any codebase.

        The biggest reason to use Tcl even to this day is to write Tk GUI programs.

        1. kstrauser · · focus · HN ↗
          Interesting! Would that make a different choice for standalone use, then?
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