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-Describe
[Tcl] here
.
+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
