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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: SysAdmin Tools - ideas wanted
To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:15:31 -0700 (MST)
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>     Terry> Tcl/tk are OK for the fornt end tool, but not the backend
>     Terry> implementation.
> 
> But it'd be perfect for providing an *interface* to the backend
> implementation.  That's one of Tcl's strongest features: it's easily
> embeddable---and you get a set of nice scripting primitives as a
> bonus.

Keep the scripting away from the tools proper, please.  I don't
want to *have* to run Tcl to administer my system, but I can
understand that other people may want to run it to administer theirs.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.