Re: Format output

From: Benjamin Riefenstahl (Benjamin.Riefenstahl_at_epost.de)
Date: 10/02/03 

Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:31:16 +0200

Hi Donald,

Donald Arseneau <asnd@triumf.ca> writes:
> If this says anything about the Tcl "attitude", it is that Tcl was
> envisioned as a component of compiled (C) programs, rather than as
> programming language for complete programs.

To clarify for the newbie: Tcl has exceeded the original vision and
expectations greatly. Large, complete programs are written and
successfully maintained in Tcl, with Tcl as the primary language. ;-)

benny

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