Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:37:37 -0400 > WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Expect isn't a language, it is a program written in Tcl. > > > > Hmmm, too tempting, but I will pass up this opportunity =) > > BTW, expect is not written in Tcl. It uses Tcl syntax for flow control, > but it is a separate language. The Unix version is written in C as is > Tcl.
>From John Ousterhout at http://www.tcl.tk/doc/tclHistory.html <QUOTE> One of the people at the USENIX presentation was Don Libes of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Don had been wanting for some time to build a program to automate interactive Unix applications, but the project had stalled because it needed a good command language and Don didn't have the time to build one. After hearing my talk, Don rushed home, downloaded Tcl, built a wonderful application called Expect, and wrote a paper on it in time for the submission deadline for the next USENIX Conference. This whole process took just three weeks. Don made Expect freely available after presenting his paper in the summer of 1990, and it became an instant hit among system administrators. Expect was not only the first widely distributed Tcl application, but for many years it was the most popular. Many of the early Tcl users learned about it by using Expect. </QUOTE> John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
