Who here has used Tcl to build apps?

[jryan21]

Desktop network apps, that is.


Tcl Developer Site


I'm considering using it for a project and was just curious if the binaries are as cross-platform as it claims to be. I'd rather use something like this than Java or php->titanium.


Here's some of the syntax:

set a 44
set b [expr $a*4]

set cmd expr
set x 11
$cmd $x*$x

proc power {base p} {
    set result 1
    while {$p > 0} {
        set result [expr $result * $base]
        set p [expr $p - 1]
    }
    return $result
}

 

[seozero]

I used tcl/expect (no tk) on x only. But I know it runs smoothly in win too.

 

[Rage9]

It's been around forever, I remember fooling around with it about 10 years ago or so. I early on realized how insignificant it was and moved onto more main stream languages. I would compare it to visual basic. Not to say it doesn't have it's uses, but if you're really looking for something cross platform I'd still say Java all the way.

 

[dchuk]

I'd hit up mattseh to discuss doing gui stuff with python, seems really straight forward and a hell of a lot better than java or tcl

 

[mattseh]

I'd hit up mattseh to discuss doing gui stuff with python, seems really straight forward and a hell of a lot better than java or tcl

Java is fine if that's what you like. Use swing, not AWT. For ypthon, PyQt4 = so much win. PHP in a desktop app...I wouldn't.