Tcl Disadvantages, cont'd

• Verbose:

  • More syntax would reduce typing.

• Minimal support for large scripts:

  • No support for modules (coming soon?).
  • Objects available as extensions.
  • People write large scripts anyway.

• Performance:

  • Highly interpretive: 300x slower than C in worst case.
  • Quirky features came about to optimize performance.
  • Efficiency doesn't matter for many things.
  • Building on-the-fly compiler: 10-20x speedup?

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