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Newer page:	version 12	Last edited on Monday, June 1, 2009 2:56:15 pm	by LawrenceDoliveiro
Older page:	version 9	Last edited on Friday, June 17, 2005 11:07:43 pm	by AristotlePagaltzis	Revert

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-A scripting language embedded in many applications, much like [Elisp] is used in [Emacs] and VisualBasic is in many MicrosoftWindows applications. It is not well suited for writing large programs, but because it is almost always combined with the [Tk] ToolKit, it's a good choice for writing portable [GUI]-based scripts. Most people would probably consider it obsolete; the dwindling popularity of [Tk] only contributes to this.

+A scripting language embedded in many applications, much like [Elisp] is used in [Emacs] and VisualBasic is in many MicrosoftWindows applications. It is not well suited for writing large programs, but because it is almost always combined with the [Tk] ToolKit, it used to be a good choice for writing portable [GUI]-based scripts. Most people would probably consider it obsolete; the dwindling popularity of [Tk] only contributes to this.

-[Perl], [Python] and [Ruby] are better choices for ~~complex codebases~~ , while [GTK] and [Qt] nowadays lead the ToolKit pack, ~~though no combination~~ of ~~these makes~~ [~~GUI~~ ]~~-based scripts as easy~~ to ~~deploy as TclTk~~ .

+[Perl], [Python] and [Ruby] are better choices for more modern scripting needs, with [Lua] suitable for embedded use , while [GTK] and [Qt] nowadays lead the ToolKit pack. The problems with Tcl are mainly in its data-structuring limitations: arrays and lookup tables are not [first-class objects|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_object] , and the lack of [references|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(computer_science) ] makes it difficult to pass around complex data structures easily .