Tcl: A Universal Scripting Language

 

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Table of Contents

Tcl: A Universal Scripting Language

Introduction

Outline

How I Got Started

Tcl: Tool Command Language

More On The Tcl Language

Factorial Procedure

Embedding Tcl In Applications

Extensions

The Tk Toolkit

Wish: Windowing Shell

Other Uses For Tcl

Status

Sample Applications

Scripting Language Philosophy

Two-Language Approach

Extensibility From C

Division Of Responsibility

Extensible Data Types

Extensible Control Structures

Why Substitutions?

Summary Of Language Design

Disadvantages Of Tcl Language

Tcl Disadvantages, cont'd

Beefs About Language Research

Conclusions

Author: John Ousterhout