Tcl/Tk shares a similar problem with many "dynamic languages" in that they are hard to debug, since everything happens at runtime.  The delayed execution levels in Tcl using "" [] and {} can be a mind bender.

.hc

On Nov 6, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

Gumby, nice, lol.
I have now discovered that someone created Tcl/Tk interpreters for Csound too.  There goes the next few months of my life.
I have to ask, though (reply off-list if it's too OT): when you say Tcl is wacky, just how wacky do you mean?  I noticed that its handling of most programming capabilities is pretty off-beat, but I'm finding it very easy to learn and understand, as others have said.  Would you say there are serious flaws or inefficiencies, or is it just idiosyncratic?

-Chuckk

On 11/6/07, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> wrote:

Tcl is whacky, but Tk is quite flexible and well developed for making GUIs. Check out tomorrow's auto-build if you want to make your mouse cursor turn into gumby :)  It's in hcs/cursor- help.pd

.hc

On Nov 5, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

I have now discovered the wonder that is Tcl/Tk.
There goes the next few weeks of my life...

-Chuckk


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