Author: coke Date: Fri Dec 30 05:59:36 2005 New Revision: 10786 Modified: trunk/languages/tcl/README Log: Document our target tcl: cvs-latest
Modified: trunk/languages/tcl/README ============================================================================== --- trunk/languages/tcl/README (original) +++ trunk/languages/tcl/README Fri Dec 30 05:59:36 2005 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 partcl -A from scratch implementation of Tcl on Parrot. +A from scratch implementation of Tcl on Parrot. To build the tcl compiler, first build parrot and the parrot utilities. From the top level parrot directory: @@ -62,4 +62,16 @@ If any tests fail (with C<-G> or not), p See C<docs/> and C<TODO> +=head2 Tcl Version + +Note that we are targetting Tcl's cvs-latest, which is going to be 8.5. +This allows us +to test against what will likely be state of the art by the time we approach +completion. As we get closer to that day, we'll probably settle down and +code against the most recent version (which hopefully won't be 9.x by then). + +This has the disadvantage that for side by side testing, you'll need to +build your own tcl. Partcl users don't need to worry about this, and even +most partcl developers can simply code against the test suite. + =cut
