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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.) 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/. ---- CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryVeryHighLevelProgrammingLanguages
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