#@language@# /tik*l/ (Tcl) An interpreted string processing Tcl is like a text-oriented Lisp, but lets you write algebraic expressions for simplicity and to avoid scaring people away. Though originally designed to be a "scripting language" rather than for serious programming, Tcl has been used successfully for programs with hundreds of thousands of lines. It has a peculiar but simple syntax. It may be used as an Current version: 8.0.3, as of 1998-09-25. See also expect (control interactive programs and pattern classes and inheritence to Tcl), Scriptics (John Ousterhout's company that is the home of Tcl development and dedicated to promoting Tcl), tclhttpd (an embeddable Tcl-based web server), tclx (adds many commands to Tcl), ["Tcl: An Embeddable Command Language", J. Ousterhout, Proc 1990 Winter USENIX Conf]. (1998-11-27)
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