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Tcl Last modified: Monday, December 10, 2001
Short for Tool Command Language, and pronounced T-C-L or tickle, a powerful interpreted programming language developed by John Ousterhout. One of the main strengths of Tcl is that it can be easily extended through the addition of custom Tcl libraries. It is used for prototyping applications as well as for developing CGI scripts, though it is not as popular as Perl for the latter.
Comparison of Tcl with other systems Contains an assortment of comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems. Tcl FAQs Contains a collection of FAQs from the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup. Tcl/Tk information page Offers an introductory tutorial on Tcl/Tk, links to online books, documents on using C and Tcl together, and links to other Tcl/Tk web related resources. TclTutor program Offers information on the latest release of the TclTutor program along with screen shots and download links. Yahoo!'s Tcl/Tk page Yahoo!'s directory of Tcl/Tk. All about Tcl - article Web Developer article (Winter 96) on the advantages of using Tcl. Includes links to related web sites.	Related Categories Programming Languages Related Terms interpreter Perl programming language Python