tool: Tcl


Language:
Tcl (Tool Command Language)
Version:
8.2.2
Parts:
interpreter, libraries, tests, documentation
Author:
John Ousterhout <ouster@scriptics.com>
Location:
http://www.scriptics.com/resource/software/tcltk/
msdos:
ftp://harbor.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/tcl/distrib/mstcl73e.zip
macintosh:
ftp://ftp.smli.com/pub/tcl/mac/
examples:
ftp://barkley.berkeley.edu/tcl/*
kanji:
ftp://srawgw.sra.co.jp/pub/lang/tcl/jp/tk3.2jp-patch.Z
os/2:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/tcl2-73c.zip
Description:
A small text-oriented embedded language similar to LISP with add-on extensions that allow it to also function more as a shell. Tcl also allows algebraic expressions to be written for simplicity and convenience. Its greatest strength lies in its uniform representation of everything as a string. This is also its weakness.
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may be used as an embedded interpreter
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exceptions, packages (called libraries)
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only a single name-space
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provide/require
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no dynamic loading ability
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8-bit clean
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only three variable types: strings, lists, associative arrays
Bugs:
?
Support:
Note: All Tcl support is now through Scriptics.com and no longer through Sun.
Requires:
DOS port requires Desqview/X.
Ports:
MSDOS, others in progress (see comp.lang.tcl FAQ)
Discussion:
comp.lang.tcl
Updated:
November 15th, 1993

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