On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 11:32:12AM -0500, Christopher Masto wrote:
> I noticed today that there was a new Tk version out recently, and
> my first reaction was "Is there still an active Tcl community?".
> 
> Apparently there is, and they're saying this about Perl:
> http://tcl.activestate.com/advocacy/perl.html
> 
> Most of it is horribly untrue.  Forgetting about stuff that's a matter
> of opinion, there are some unarguable technical lies:
> 
> "Perl does not have a well-developed set of extension APIs; though it
> is possible in principle to extend Perl, it is rarely done in
> practice."

But "well-developed" *is* a matter of opinion.

> "Perl was not designed to be embeddable and it is difficult to use
> in this way.  Thus, if you would like a scripting language for use
> inside an application or device, Tcl is your best bet."

So is "difficult".

Jeremy
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