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-An [Acronym] for __T__ool __C__ommand __L__anguage.
+An [Acronym] with multiple meanings:
-Also, (in NewZealand), an acronym for TelstraClear
__L__imited.
-
-TCL (in the first sense) is a
scripting language embedded in many applications, much like [Elisp] is used in [Emacs] and VisualBasic is in many MicrosoftWindows applications. (This does not mean these languages have anything in common; actually they're about
as far apart from each other as imaginably possible.)
-
-While not well suited for writing large programs, its common combination with the
[Tk] ToolKit makes creating [GUI]s fairly easy — the VisualBasic of the Unix world, if you will.
-
-Most people would probably consider it obsolete; the dwindling popularity of [Tk] only contributes to this. [Perl], [Python] and [Ruby] are all far preferrable.
-
-See also:
-* The
Tcl community is working on the official [Tcl Tutorial | http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/tcltutorial.html
]
-* [The Tcler's wiki | http://wiki.tcl.tk/], a useful resource on Tcl
.
-* [Manual Pages | http
://www.tcl.tk/man/]
-* [Tcl Developer Xchange | http://www.tcl.tk/]
-* [The Tcl newsgroup | http://groups
-beta
.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl?hl=en]
-* [Tclwise | http://www.invece.org/tclwise/], a partially online book about Tcl, may be a little challenging to newcomers but worthwhile.
-
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-CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryVeryHighLevelProgrammingLanguages
+__T__ool __C__ommand
__L__anguage:
+ A
scripting language nowadays preferrably referred to
as [Tcl].
+TelstraClear __L__imited
:
+ A tier
-1 telecommunications provider in NewZealand
.
