Re: how to move to 8.4?

From: John Shafto (gro.otfahs_at_nhoj.rev)
Date: 11/19/03 

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:39:08 -0700

"Jeff Hobbs" <jeffh@activestate.com> wrote in message news:3FB31504.2080008@activestate.com...

> If you want a bit more stability, you can start with ActiveTcl and
> just add the extensions that are missing (although we do not
> have an IRIX distro).

One of the best things about TCL historically has been it's
portability and lack of politics or OS focus. Why does
Activestate take these open scripting languages
and build on them (binaries, IDEs etc) in ways that
zoom in on a few operating systems. Is it really
necessary for all the whiz bang stuff to move away
from portability? I find that a bit troubling.

What up G? :)

(BSD/SunOS/AIX/OSX fan here)

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