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Why You Should Not Use Tcl (1994)
not use Tcl Richard Stallman, GNU Project As interest builds in extensible application programs and tools, and some programmers are tempted to use Tcl, we should not forget the lessons learned from the first widely used extensible text editor--Emacs. The principal lesson of Emacs is that a language for extensions should not be a mere "extension language".
c. Rational academic scrutiny, productive logical thought, and constructive criticism have all but been tossed aside to make way for hasty, flustered, ill-considered, baseless, flaming condemnations of a respected man's un-clouded and factual account of reality. Given that many of my university andindustry colleagues are relegating UNIX to servers, a UNIX-only focus is asure way to marginal status.There are a large number of developers who would like to support all threeplatforms to increase market share, but currently the cost is often notworth it. Please, there are many interesting technical points to this discussion(and they can only be healthy in the long run, whatever the outcome, ifthey're treated with respect) without throwing ridiculous charges notsupported by facts into the mix.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith | That's the thing about being a boxer: < psm...@wellfleet.com> | even when you're at the top of your field, Wellfleet Communications, Inc. | people still hit you in the head.
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