Re: Looking for scripting suggestions

"George B. Smith" <gbs@k9haven.com>
24 Aug 2001 01:10:40 -0400

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From: "George B. Smith" <gbs@k9haven.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Aug 2001 01:10:40 -0400
Organization: k9haven.com
References: 01-07-166 01-08-009
Keywords: interpreter
Posted-Date: 24 Aug 2001 01:10:38 EDT

"Eric Tetz" <erictetz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> TCL, besides being large and slow, also happens to be a pretty crappy
> language IMHO. For details, including Richard Stallman's "Why you should not
> use Tcl", see:
>
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sdm7g/LangCrit/Tcl/


This is, IMO, a very cheap shot. The version of Tcl that RMS critqued
bears little resemblence to a modern Tcl, ie 8.3.3.3 or 8.4a3, in
terms of features and most especially performance. People who are
still pointing out this very dated argument from RMS are doing a
disservice to inquiring minds.


George B. Smith
gbs@k9haven.com

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