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* Posts by vicm

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Google native code browser plug-in gets tickled

vicm
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Why I use it.

If you are trying to "trick" the language, perhaps you don't understand how it works. Tcl is not a language that just simply simulates what other languages do, but uses a different, "weird" syntax. It *IS* different. It is also extremely powerful, if you dare to go beyond basics. It's power lies in it's super dynamism, where everything is modifiable and morph-able at runtime. It also has a whole buffet of object oriented frameworks, in addition to the built-in one. Tcl is such a chameleon language that you can build other DSL (Domain Specific Language) languages on top of it. It is the power to shape and mold it in a way that is only limited to my imagination is what attracted me to it. It is a power to be creative.

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now, really?

@Aaron Em

There are two certain things in the world -- death and taxes, but in fact there is a third one -- the ignorant ones, those who know the least, they talk the most. It is a sure sign of a fool.

Most people who use Tcl also use *and* respect Python, Perl, C and Javascript, sometimes even those over-hyped, awful, trendy, hip and *popular* languages called Java and PHP. While knowing those languages, and, being able to compare them fully, they still prefer to use Tcl. There might be a good reason for it. For some people, hype is not intelligent enough reason to select a programming language.

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