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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tcl
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970624202945.22918B-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199706242254.PAA14518@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>

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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote:

>  * Well, I was thinking about all the stuff done to allow different versions
>  * of tcl and tk to coexist.  In my opinion, they break the method that
>  * tcl/tk uses to determine things itself.
> 
> Yes, but that doesn't have anything to do with a certain version of
> tcl being in /usr.  With tcl-7.5/7.6 and tk-4.1/4.2 as well as their
> Japanese counterparts, we'll still have the same problem.  (Is 8.0 out 
> of alpha yet?)

First beta is out.  There's a port, too, not yet committed.  I just don't
see the necessity of making all the different versions live together.  I
can't imagine the necessity.

> 
>  * I agree, tk wouldn't be added.  I'd be happy yanking tcl out of the
>  * sources.  I guess I just didn't want to crosspost on this, yet.  I might
>  * bring it up on hackers, later.  I don't think there are any scripts in tcl
>  * that couldn't be in perl.
> 
> No comment on that from me. ;)
> 
> Satoshi
> 
> 

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