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An [Acronym] for __T__ool __C__ommand __L__anguage.
-It 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.)
+It 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.
+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 tclsh(1),
tclsh8.3(1),
wish(1),
wish8.3(1)
-
-For an introduction to the Tcl programming language you may read the first nine chapters of the
-book
Tclwise, that are online for free at
http://www.invece.org/tclwise/.
+See also:
+*
tclsh(1)
+*
tclsh8.3(1)
+*
wish(1)
+*
wish8.3(1)
+* [
Tclwise |
http://www.invece.org/tclwise/], a partially online book about [TCL]
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CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryVeryHighLevelProgrammingLanguages
