[ale] Tcl as a scripting language: 4/2/2025 7pm Eastern Standard time

[Steve Litt]

Hi Leam,

Tcl has plenty of advantages, but speed isn't one of them. Its speed is
about half that of Python's. If speed is an issue, LuaJIT, C, Rust etc
are the best bet. The thing about Tcl is that because of its tiny
syntax, you can do things with it you can't do with most other
languages.

SteveT

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:45:22 -0400
Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Cisco used to use it, not sure now. It is easier to read than Perl,
> and probably faster than Python, given not everything an object.
> 
> I used to do a lot of it; fun stuff!
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 08:40 Derek Atkins via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> > People still use TCL?
> > It's not even installed by default on most systems these days.
> > -derek
> >
> > On Mon, March 31, 2025 8:29 am, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:  
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Where: GoLUG: https://meet.jit.si/golug
> > > When: Wednesday, 4/2/2025 7pm sharp Eastern Daylight time
> > >       Arrive 15 minutes early for Microphone check & discussion
> > > Who: David Billsbrough, veteran Linux admin and developer
> > > What: Tcl as a scripting language
> > >
> > > If you're anything like me, you've always thought of Tcl as a
> > > programming language, not a scripting language. And if you're
> > > anything like me, you've looked at Tcl as a a competitor of
> > > Python, Lua, Perl or Ruby, and preferred one of those. But when
> > > David told me he's going to talk about Tcl for making
> > > shellscripts, well, that's a horse of a different color. Will it
> > > be as good as my beloved KSH plus Shellcheck? I'm going to this
> > > meeting to find out, and hope to see you there.
> > >
> > > SteveT
> > >
> > > Steve Litt
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