Hacker News with Generative AI: Tcl

Closures in Tcl (world-playground-deceit.net)
While closely following the discussions spawned from the recent Tcl/Tk 9.0 release, I've noticed a point that keeps coming up: the absence of closures. Usually the cue for every Tcl hacker in the world (a very large mob, let me tell you) to start showcasing various contraptions to emulate them. So here's my turn.

Programming, Tcl, Software Development

82 points by andsoitis 20 days ago | 32 comments

Adding keyword parameters to Tcl procs (world-playground-deceit.net)
Two things that really annoy me with some programming languages: the lack of keyword (optional, always named and order agnostic) parameters and when the language has a builtin feature not made available to the user.

Programming Languages, Tcl, Keyword Parameters

58 points by BoingBoomTschak 32 days ago | 17 comments

The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition) (magicsplat.com)
The Tcl Programming Language is a comprehensive guide to this immensely flexible and versatile language. Starting with the basic features, it expands its scope to include the more advanced concepts, facilities and programming idioms from which the language derives its power.

Programming, Tcl, Books, Guides

134 points by teleforce 49 days ago | 103 comments

Tänzer: The lovable web server framework for Tcl (tanzer.io)
tänzer is a minimalistic web server framework for Tcl which provides a very straightforward environment for writing HTTP/1.1 web applications.

Web Development, Tcl, Frameworks

66 points by Tomte 68 days ago | 13 comments

Tcl the Misunderstood (2006) (antirez.com)
In an article recently linked from reddit entitled Tour de Babel you can read (among lots of other nonsense): Heck, people still use Tcl as an embedded interpreter, even though Python is far superior to Tcl in every conceivable way -- except, that is, for the frost thing.

Programming Languages, Tcl, Python, Comparison

135 points by drudru 226 days ago | 67 comments

Why I Like Tcl (world-playground-deceit.net)
In this blurb, I'll try to convince you that Tcl isn't just an old clunky language for contrarian weirdos and that it is in fact a hidden gem for the power-hungry hacker who wants a simple (but not too simple!) glue language, like a mix of sh and Scheme.

Programming Languages, Tcl, Opinion

26 points by BoingBoomTschak 232 days ago | 24 comments

Tcl under fire: report suggests its QLED TVs might not have any quantum dots (tomsguide.com)