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tcl vs lisp and haskell
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Posted:12/11/2009 6:06:08 AM | Replies:9 | Views:261 | Items(9) |
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lisp and haskell claim many powers tcl doesn't have!
do tclers miss it? or can tcl do it all well I remember old post about tcl being more porductive according to one guy, who said tcl is rapid development galore. opinions? |
gavino <gavcom...@gmail.com> 12/11/2009 6:06:08 AM |
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On 11/12/2009 06:06, gavino wrote:
> lisp and haskell claim many powers tcl doesn't have! > > do tclers miss it? > > or can tcl do it all well > > I remember old post about tcl being more porductive according to one > guy, who said tcl is rapid development galore. > > opinions? Such posts are pointless unless you want to compare specific features for a specific application. Lisp, Haskell and Tcl are all excellent languages. Neil |
Neil Madden <...@cs.nott.ac.uk> 12/11/2009 2:01:19 PM |
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On Dec 11, 6:01=A0am, Neil Madden <n...@cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 11/12/2009 06:06, gavino wrote: > > > lisp and haskell claim many powers tcl doesn't have! > > > do tclers miss it? > > > or can tcl do it all well > Lisp, Haskell and Tcl are all excellent languages. Little known fact: Tcl stands for "The Complete Language". It is understandable that other languages would be compared to Tcl, the perfect language (tpl, the less humble but more accurate acronym). |
"tom.rmadilo" <tom.rmad...@gmail.com> 12/12/2009 6:00:58 AM |
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tom.rmadilo wrote:
> On Dec 11, 6:01 am, Neil Madden <n...@cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote: > >>On 11/12/2009 06:06, gavino wrote: >> >> >>>lisp and haskell claim many powers tcl doesn't have! >> >>>do tclers miss it? >> >>>or can tcl do it all well > > >>Lisp, Haskell and Tcl are all excellent languages. > > > Little known fact: Tcl stands for "The Complete Language". It is > understandable that other languages would be compared to Tcl, the > perfect language (tpl, the less humble but more accurate acronym). tcl certainly is a very "english" language. .. .. .. .. english as in : "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don�t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll uwe ;-) |
Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de> 12/14/2009 6:06:13 PM |
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On Dec 14, 10:06=A0am, Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de>
wrote: > tom.rmadilo wrote: > > On Dec 11, 6:01 am, Neil Madden <n...@cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote: > > >>On 11/12/2009 06:06, gavino wrote: > > >>>lisp and haskell claim many powers tcl doesn't have! > > >>>do tclers miss it? > > >>>or can tcl do it all well > > >>Lisp, Haskell and Tcl are all excellent languages. > > > Little known fact: Tcl stands for "The Complete Language". It is > > understandable that other languages would be compared to Tcl, the > > perfect language (tpl, the less humble but more accurate acronym). > > tcl certainly is a very "english" language. > > . > . > . > . > > english as in : > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "The problem with defending the purity of the English lan= guage is > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We do= n=92t just > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other lang= uages > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their p= ockets > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 for new vocabulary." > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --James D. Nicoll > > uwe ;-) Odd; I thought that was Perl. |
Will Duquette <w...@wjduquette.com> 12/14/2009 7:59:52 PM |
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> Little known fact: Tcl stands for "The Complete Language". It is > understandable that other languages would be compared to Tcl, the > perfect language (tpl, the less humble but more accurate acronym). Of course, it is little known because that's not what TCL stands for - it stands for Tool Command Language |
"Larry W. Virden" <lvir...@gmail.com> 12/15/2009 12:35:00 PM |
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Will Duquette wrote:
> Odd; I thought that was Perl. Naw, perlites are the little bigeyed guys that run around in your peripheral vision and mumble "my precious, my precious, .." ;-) uwe ducking. |
Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de> 12/15/2009 2:31:19 PM |
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On Dec 15, 4:35=A0am, "Larry W. Virden" <lvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Little known fact: Tcl stands for "The Complete Language". It is > > understandable that other languages would be compared to Tcl, the > > perfect language (tpl, the less humble but more accurate acronym). > > Of course, it is little known because that's not what TCL stands for - > it stands for Tool Command Language Yet more proof that my acronym based joke making abilities are severely lacking. Twenty six letters, so little time. |
"tom.rmadilo" <tom.rmad...@gmail.com> 12/15/2009 6:03:57 PM |
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On Dec 15, 7:03=A0pm, "tom.rmadilo" <tom.rmad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yet more proof that my acronym based joke making abilities are > severely lacking. Twenty six letters, so little time. :-))) |
Alexandre Ferrieux <alexandre.ferri...@gmail.com> 12/16/2009 7:59:06 AM |
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Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> On Dec 15, 7:03 pm, "tom.rmadilo" <tom.rmad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Yet more proof that my acronym based joke making abilities are >>severely lacking. Twenty six letters, so little time. > > > :-))) > > > Tcl, the power of UTF-8, glyphs galore. uwe |
Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de> 12/16/2009 8:50:02 AM |
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