ARGH!
Eric Rice
I've just recently discovered the world of Tcl. It seems to be fairly
easy, however, keeping up with JAVA and everything else, it's getting
exasperating discovering all these new languages.
Is there a comparision chart somewhere? ie., pros-cons of Tcl/Java? Are
they even the same type of language?
What are the best applications of Tcl?
Should I ever bother to learn it?
I must admit that from what I've seen, it appears to be more stable than JAVA.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Eric
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Eric Rice
er...@scenario.com
"Un corps su tete au garage, montrez-moi."
-Jumanji
Jacob Levy
I've just recently discovered the world of Tcl. It seems to be fairly
easy, however, keeping up with JAVA and everything else, it's getting
exasperating discovering all these new languages.
Welcome. Sorry to make your life more complicated :)
Is there a comparision chart somewhere? ie., pros-cons of Tcl/Java? Are
they even the same type of language?
What are the best applications of Tcl?
Should I ever bother to learn it?
The relationship between Tcl and Java (as seen from the Tcl side of things)
is described at http://www.sunlabs.com/tcl/java.html. I think you should
learn Tcl or another scripting language independently of whether you learn
Java. They are addressing different tasks you probably face during your
work as programmer -- very briefly, Java can be viewed as a much better
replacement for C/C++, while Tcl is one (I think one of the best, but I'm
biased) scripting language. Think of when you'd use C and when you'd use
Csh, and you can apply that thought experiment to Java and Tcl also.
I must admit that from what I've seen, it appears to be more stable than
JAVA.
Thanks. We do take a pretty stringent approach to bugs here, and try to
stamp them out with a mallet as soon as they show their ugly faces :). If
you discover problems with Java, I am sure that Javasoft wants to hear
about these as soon as possible, also. I know they are working full steam
on making Java the best product possible, and they need people like
yourself to keep the bug squashers well fed with leads..
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Read as much as you can from either John Ousterhout's book, or Brent
Welch's book, both mentioned on our web site -- http://www.sunlabs.com/tcl/
Best,
Eric
--
Eric Rice
er...@scenario.com
"Un corps su tete au garage, montrez-moi."
-Jumanji
--JYL