Re: Finding a niche for Tcl


Merrilee Larson wrote:
On 2006-10-16, Larry W. Virden <lvirden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For years, there has been the debate concerning marketing of Tcl, Tcl's
"dying" reputation, etc.

I'm a newbie...and I'm curious -- why has Tcl fallen from grace?

The period of time where Tcl was "in grace" was relatively small, due,
in my opinion, to the timing, which corresponded to the time when Java
began getting attention. And of course, the money behind pushing Java
was much greater.

Don't choose a programming language based on how popular it is, unless
you plan on having everyone else do your programming for you. If YOU
plan on programming, then pick a programming language that provides
what you need, in a manner that is comfortable and productive for you.

Many people complain about the look and feel of Tk - but despite the
popularity of Tk, Tk is not an essential part of Tcl. One can use other
toolkits with Tcl, if some other look and feel is desired.

Other people complain because other languages have larger initial
libraries than Tcl. Again, there are many libraries available for Tcl
developers. Yes, you have to download them. When I look at other
langauge environments, I see many examples of libraries that one has to
download for them as well.

The real need, in the Tcl community, is positive contributions from the
community. If more community members contribute bug reports,
enhancement reports, code for enhancements, as well as volunteer to
actually get involved in improving Tcl, it will continue to florish.

.

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