Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread Jim Hall
Thanks! I didn't see the "r" in the version number. I've mirrored these to ibiblio. Since they contains diffs from original sources, I also made sure to mirror original sources too. On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:24 AM wrote: > > Yes the main difference is that the [exec] command works in the

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:09 AM ZB wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:34:36AM -0400, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > > > Do you know if this includes BLT? If the above was about me, I really have no idea, why you called me like that. > > Do you really think that presently TCL has such strong

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread bencollver
I have a gut feeling that expect requires true multitasking and IPC, which DOS doesn't offer but it may be available in some environments like Desqview/X. Not certain. On September 24, 2019 9:14:26 AM PDT, dmccunney wrote: >On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 8:35 AM ZB wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread bencollver
Yes the main difference is that the [exec] command works in the updated version and there is a new revision number in the downloaded .zip archive filename. On September 24, 2019 9:08:34 AM PDT, Jim Hall wrote: >Are these different (i.e. updated?) from the versions mirrored already >on ibiblio?

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread ZB
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 09:14:26AM -0700, dmccunney wrote: > The "killer app" for TCL is Expect, a TCL script from Don Libes I'm aware of that, personally using TCL/Tk since more than 10 years. But, sadly, that 10 years ago there was _much_ more "movement" on comp.lang.tcl than today... and

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread bencollver
Thia does not include BLT nor Tk. Eventually i would like to include Tcl-fltk on Fltkal. On September 24, 2019 8:34:36 AM PDT, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: >Do you know if this includes BLT? > >This clown speaks for himself > >> On Sep 24, 2019, at 11:27 AM, Ben Collver >wrote: >> >> Tcl is a

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 8:35 AM ZB wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:25:43AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: > > > Tcl is a script language originally created by Dr. John Ousterhout, who is > > currently a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. > > Thanks! > I'm actually somewhat

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I’ve been looking for years for a language/package that makes it simpler to generate graphs & charts. So far the best alternative I’ve found so far is MS Excel. Does Ruby or Python have graphics? This clown speaks for himself > On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:08 PM, ZB wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24,

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread ZB
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:34:36AM -0400, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > Do you know if this includes BLT? > > This clown speaks for himself If the above was about me, I really have no idea, why you called me like that. Do you really think that presently TCL has such strong presence among coders

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread Jim Hall
Are these different (i.e. updated?) from the versions mirrored already on ibiblio? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/tcl/ On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:27 AM Ben Collver wrote: > > Tcl is a script language originally created by Dr. John Ousterhout, who > is currently a

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

2019-09-24 Thread ZB
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:25:43AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: > Tcl is a script language originally created by Dr. John Ousterhout, who is > currently a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Thanks! I'm actually somewhat amazed, how underestimated TCL/Tk nowadays is -- regards,