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

[Steve Litt]

Some people still use Tcl. Like Lua, Ruby, Rust and even C, C++ and
Java, it's not installed by default. At the presentation, I'll be
evaluating whether it's worth it to me to learn and use it.

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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Derek Atkins said on Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:40:11 -0400

>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
>> GoLUG Publicity Coordinator
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