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Tcl Language Relevance

Discussions center on the relevance, pros, cons, and use cases of the Tcl scripting language, including comparisons to Lua and Perl, its role in production systems, and experiences with Tcl/Tk GUIs.

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bambambazooka • Jul 5, 2018 • View on HN

What makes Tcl special and worth to learn?

favadi • Oct 6, 2015 • View on HN

Any HN reader still uses Tcl in production system? Is it still relevant in 2015?

phamilton • Aug 19, 2015 • View on HN

Is Tcl still relevant with the momentum that Lua has gained?

davidw • Mar 21, 2017 • View on HN

Looks like Tcl has been doing it right for a while...

nequo • Jul 20, 2024 • View on HN

What have been the pros and cons of Tcl for you, compared with other scripting languages if you have experience with them?

9214 • Oct 20, 2020 • View on HN

Good point about Tcl, that now makes sense. Thanks for elaborating!

cmacleod4 • Aug 12, 2022 • View on HN

Not everyone considers Tcl to be a same language, but if you are willing to approach things a little differently Tcl/Tk can be very effective in the space you are looking at.

pipeline_peak • Sep 27, 2024 • View on HN

Anyone know if any new projects are using Tcl? Surprised they went with this

navidr • Nov 19, 2019 • View on HN

Why they would use tcl? Why not something more cleaner?

LispSporks22 • May 18, 2023 • View on HN

I have good feels about Tcl. How come it fell out of favor?