Re: Tcl vs. Lua

slebetman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >I'd think Tcl would be perfect for this since this sort of stuff
> > >involves a lot of text processing.
> >
> > slebetman, do you truly believe that Tcl is inappropriate for
> > construction of installers because Tcl makes "text processing"
> > too difficult?
>
> I don't see how you can interpret the phrase "Tcl would be perfect" to
> mean "Tcl is inappropriate". So let me rephrase what I said by
> paraphrasing you: Tcl is inappropriate for construction of installers
> because Tcl makes "text processing" easy.
>

Heh.. sorry, the problem with paraphrasing is that sometimes you
paraphrase too much or too little. What I meant to say was:

Tcl is appropriate for construction of installers because Tcl makes
"text processing" easy.

(delete the 'in' in 'inappropriate')

.

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