Re: How to generate Tcl byte code from tclsh8.4?

changli_to@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Is the Tcl byte code still open source?

No, you cannot fulfil an obligation to distribute source code
by distributing Tcl byte code, if that's what you mean.

The main point of bytecode distribution is *hiding* source code,
since it doesn't make the program smaller or faster.

I don't know about the status of a byte-code compiler's own
source; I suspect there is no open-source functioning version.


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Donald Arseneau asnd@xxxxxxxxx
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