Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 22:16:25 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: project: editor Message-ID: <199705120516.WAA04391@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 May 1997 13:45:11 %2B0930." <199705120415.NAA03075@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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tnks I have really used tcl/tk trust me : vic, vat, tcl-snmp, bat (my own rtp based audio tool), and several other projects one of them was a large scale distributed object system. Cheers Amancio >From The Desk Of Michael Smith : > Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > > > Not sure that I like tcl for this sort of thing .. however I am considering > > it . The problem that I have with tcl for end users is that it is not > > an intuitive language nor is it well structured unless one uses something > > like tcl / incr. I have to think about it a little longer and explore > > other alternatives . > > This is the "I don't like Tcl" reflex. It's like the gag reflex; once > you recognise it, it's easy to deal with. > > I am having a lot of success teaching basic Tcl to EE's and non-programmer > types; if you stay away from the really evil things that you _can_ do with > it, it's not so evil at all. The "11 rules of Tcl" in the Tcl(n) manpage > give you a good foundation to work with. > > > Amancio > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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